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The Reorientational Dynamics in Liquid Methanol

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Reaction Dynamics in Clusters and Condensed Phases

Part of the book series: The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry ((JSQC,volume 26))

Abstract

The results from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation time measurements, time resolved ultrafast spectroscopy and classical molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations are combined to yield a detailed understanding of the reorientational dynamics in liquid methanol (CH3OH) at room temperature. It is found that the reorientational motions of single molecules are anisotropic, the correlation times for molecule-fixed vectors perpendicular to the H-bond is about half that for the O-H vector. Furthermore, the dielectric relaxation of methanol after strong perturbation was measured to be temperature dependent.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Abt. Laserphysik, Postfach 2841, D-3400, Göttingen-Nikolausberg, Germany

    T. Bultmann, K. Kemeter & N. P. Ernsting

  2. Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Templergraben 59, D-5100, Aachen, Germany

    Ch. Rusbüldt & Ph. A. Bopp

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  1. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

    J. Jortner

  2. The Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    R. D. Levine

  3. Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (Fondation Edmond de Rothschild), Paris, France

    B. Pullman

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Bultmann, T., Kemeter, K., Rusbüldt, C., Bopp, P.A., Ernsting, N.P. (1994). The Reorientational Dynamics in Liquid Methanol. In: Jortner, J., Levine, R.D., Pullman, B. (eds) Reaction Dynamics in Clusters and Condensed Phases. The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0786-0_26

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