Abstract
AbstractThe Raman spectra of ferrocene crystals were measured at pressures up to 20 GPa, and an abnormally large bandwidth of intermolecular phonons at ambient pressure was found. With an increase in the pressure, the bandwidth increased to a maximum at ~2 GPa and then decreased to a minimum at ~4 GPa, which was equal to the pressure‐independent bandwidth of intramolecular phonons. The unusual behavior of the bandwidth was related to the instability of a ferrocene molecule caused by jumps between its D5d and D5h conformations. A decrease in the time of jumps between the conformations to the period of crystal lattice vibrations led to a loss of coherence and broadening of intermolecular phonon bands. The energy barrier between the conformations was determined to be ~17.6 meV/molecule under ambient conditions and 80 meV/molecule at 4.9 GPa. An increase in the barrier with pressure was due to the enhancement of the crystal field, which resulted in the inhibition of the jumps and the stabilization of the molecule in the D5d conformation.
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