Abstract
Chirality in molecular structure manifests itself in the optical phenomena collectively referred to as optical activity, the common feature of which is the di fferenti ati on in behavior of left and right circularly polarized light. In turn, optical activity can be used to probe molecular chirality. The optical rotation and circular dichroism associated with the electronic transitions of chiral molecules and commonly observed in the visible and ultraviolet regions of the spectrum have been studied for many years to this end. Recently, as a result of developments in instrumentation for the measurement of circular dichroism in the infrared spectral domain, the observability of circular dichroism in vibrational transitions has been demonstrated, thereby making available a new technique for the study of chiral molecules.
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Stephens, P.J., Clark, R. (1979). Vibrational Circular Dichroism: The Experimental Viewpoint. In: Mason, S.F. (eds) Optical Activity and Chiral Discrimination. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7644-4_10
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