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Some Chemical Applications of Gas Phase Linear Raman Spectroscopy

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Non-Linear Raman Spectroscopy and Its Chemical Aplications

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Almost as soon as the Raman effect was discovered for liquids [1] and solids [2], the Raman spectra of several gases were reported [3–5]. Since the number of scattering molecules per unit volume is considerably less in the gas phase than in the other phases, weak signal intensity initially prohibited observation of all but the stronger Raman lines of gases. Raman band contours of nontotally symmetric vibrations are ordinarily very weak and broad, and frequently little information can be obtained from them even in terms of the band center. However, it should be pointed out that the band width is as good an indicator of a nontotally symmetric vibration as the depolarization ratios [6]. Nevertheless, with the advent of high-powered lasers and vastly improved detection systems, observation of weak Raman peaks has become routine, and the techniques of gas phase Raman spectroscopy have become more and more commonplace. The current uses include, but are not limited to, the completion of vibrational assignments, structural determinations, conformational analyses, and the study of anharmonic vibrations such as internal torsions, ring-puckering modes, and the low frequency bending motions of quasi-linear molecules. We shall briefly touch on each of these subjects using mainly illustrations from our own studies but this limitation should not be taken as an indication that our laboratory is the only laboratory utilizing gas-phase Raman data. We have simply taken data from our own studies for the most part because it is readily available and we have had a limited time to prepare the current manuscript. The reader should keep these limitations in mind as we review the various applications of gas-phase Raman spectroscopy.

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Durig, J.R., Sullivan, J.F. (1982). Some Chemical Applications of Gas Phase Linear Raman Spectroscopy. In: Kiefer, W., Long, D.A. (eds) Non-Linear Raman Spectroscopy and Its Chemical Aplications. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 93. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7912-3_3

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