Vibrational spectra of halophthalonitriles

Abstract

The fundamental vibrational modes of a series of six halophthalonitriles have been studied using Raman and infrared spectroscopy. The vibrational assignment of experimental wave numbers obtained from solid samples was aided using quantum chemical computations. Semi-empirical methods and the local SVWN functional were used to obtain vibrational wave numbers and atomic displacement representations of the fundamental molecular vibrations. The study of a series of molecules with similar structure permits the identification of characteristic wave numbers and the effect of the halosubstitution in the molecular structure.