Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.110, No.25, 7816-7821, 2006
Structure and matrix isolation infrared spectrum of formyl fluoride dimer: Blue-shift of the C-H stretching frequency
Infrared spectroscopy (IR) of formyl fluoride (HCOF) dimer is studied in low-temperature argon and krypton matrixes. New IR absorptions, ca. 17 cm(-1) blue shifted from the monomer C-H stretching fundamental, are assigned to the HCOF dimer. The MP2/6-311++G** calculations were utilized to define structures and harmonic frequencies of various HCOF dimers. Among the four optimized structures, the dimer having two C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds possesses strongest intermolecular bonding. The calculated harmonic frequencies of this dimer structure are shifted from the monomer similarly as observed in the experiment. Thus, we suggest that the experimentally observed blue shifted C-H bands belong to the dimer with two C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds. This observation includes the HCOF dimer to the class of hydrogen bonded complexes showing blue shift in their vibrational energies.