The infrared spectra of various deuterated samples of ammonia hemihydrate are reported with some infrared absorption frequencies of 2 15NH3⋅H2O and 15NH3⋅H2O. The spectra of the 15N-substituted samples confirm the previous general assignments, and reveal a third component of ν3(NH3) in NH3⋅H2O. The absorption by 2ND3⋅D2O, NDH2 isolated in 2NH3⋅H2O, and ND2H isolated in 2ND3⋅D2O, show, with the aid of normal coordinate calculations, that the primary splitting of the bands due to ν2 and ν3 of ammonia is multiple site splitting, due to the existence of two types of ammonia molecule in the hemihydrate. The Cs site symmetry of the ammonia molecules is revealed by the stretching vibrations of NH2D in 2NH3⋅H2O but not by the symmetric deformation vibrations of NH2D or ND2H. The stretching vibrations of NH2D in 2NH3⋅H2O at 90 °K also indicate that the type II ammonia molecules occupy both of the orientations which preserve the plane of symmetry. The uncoupled O–D stretching frequencies of HDO in 2NH3⋅H2O confirm the assignment of the two νOH(H2O) bands in the spectrum of 2NH3⋅H2O as largely due to site splitting. The low-frequency νOD(HDO) stretching band is very broad and the corresponding νOH(HDO) band is even broader, as has been seen previously for analogous bands in hexamethylenetetramine hexahydrate. Similarly, one set of isolated νND(NH2D) stretching bands is sharp while the corresponding νNH(ND2H) bands are very broad, as has also been reported previously for solid ammonia. The assignment to rotational vibrations of features below 850 cm−1 in 2NH3⋅H2O is confirmed, but no evidence indicates the degree of mixing of ammonia and water displacements in these vibrations.
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