Abstract
Abstract The CNDO/2 molecular orbital method has been applied to the study of the OH torsion, in phenol and phenol—pyridine hydrogen bonded complex. The calculated torsional barrier (13.58 kJ mol−1) and force constant (5.4 × 10−20 J rad−2) of phenol agree well with the experimental quantities. The calculated force constant of the corresponding vibration in phenol—pyridine is increased sixfold, reproducing closely the rise in the torsional frequency observed when phenol is complexed to strong acceptors. It is shown that according to CNDO theory, most of the increase can be attributed to the influence of the intermolecular force field and not to a major change in the torsional force constant.
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