Abstract

We combined experimental vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR-Raman) and ab-initio calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT) to predict the structural and vibrational properties of sodium saccharinate in the solid and aqueous solution phases. The structural properties for the saccharinate ion and its dimer, such as the bond order, possible charge-transfer and the topological properties for both rings in the two media were studied by means of the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) and the Atoms in Molecules theory (AIM) investigation. For a complete assignment of the IR and Raman spectra, the density functional theory calculations were combined with Pulay’s scaled quantum mechanics force field (SQMFF) methodology in order to fit the theoretical frequency values to the experimental ones. An agreement between theoretical and available experimental results was found. Four intense bands in the infrared spectrum characteristic of the dimeric species of the compound were detected.

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