Abstract
ABSTRACTWe report the first high resolution spectroscopic observation of the complex of 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)propanoic acid (TTPA) and formic acid. The rotational spectra were measured using a broadband chirped pulse and a narrow band cavity-based Fourier transform microwave spectrometer in the 8–10 GHz range. The conformational landscape of the TTPA-formic acid complex was explored at several levels of theory. The two most stable TTPA-formic acid conformers are of similar stability and feature the usual cyclic carboxylic double hydrogen bonded ring. Based on the broadband spectra obtained, only one stable heterodimer conformer was observed. We explain the absence of the second conformer to be a result of a double hydrogen tunnelling motion which converts the less stable heterodimer to the one observed in the jet expansion. Further CCSD(T) relative energy calculations confirm that the heterodimer conformer detected contains the most stable TTPA monomeric subunit. It is interesting to note that hydrogen bonding with formic acid offers a new path to effectively convert the less stable TTPA subunit to the most stable one in the jet expansion, while both TTPA monomeric conformers were detected in the same experiment.
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