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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 8417 - 8421, DOI: 10.1039/b910804a


Detection of complex formation and determination of intermolecular geometry through electrical anharmonic coupling of molecular vibrations using electron-vibration–vibration two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy

Rui Guo, Frederic Fournier, Paul M. Donaldson, Elizabeth M. Gardner, Ian R. Gould and David R. Klug


Electrical interactions between molecular vibrations can be non-linear and thereby produce intermolecular coupling even in the absence of a chemical bond. We use this fact to detect the formation of an intermolecular complex using electron-vibration–vibration two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (EVV 2DIR) and also to determine the distance and angle between the two molecular species.

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