FTIR and DFT Study of the Vibrational Spectrum of SiC 5 Trapped in Solid Ar T.H. Le, C.M.L. Rittby and W.R.M. Graham Department of Physics and Astronomy Molecular Physics Lab Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 67 th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy The Ohio State University June 20, 2012
2 Previous research McCarthy et al. (2000) –SiC 5 made using silane and diacetylene –Rotational spectrum detected using microwave spectroscopy Le and Graham (Columbus 2011) –Identified ν 4 ( σ ) mode at ± 0.2 cm −1. –Confirmed a linear structure
3 Predicted modes of SiC 5 Vibrational mode MPW1PW91/ G(3df) DFT (cm -1 ) Infrared intensity (km/mol) ν1(σ)ν1(σ) ν2(σ)ν2(σ) ν3(σ)ν3(σ) ν4(σ)ν4(σ) ν5(σ)ν5(σ) 6161 ν6(π)ν6(π) × Int( ν 4 ) 20 × Int( ν 4 )
Laser ablation and matrix isolation Laser ablate rods with 30% Si Trap molecular vapor on a gold mirror at < 20 K Record FTIR spectra on BOMEM DA3 from cm -1 at 0.2 cm -1 resolution. 4 Direction of Ar flow FTIR (MCT detector) Mirror Nd:YAG 1064 nm pulsed laser Rod Quartz window CsI window Isotopic shift data Rods enriched with 10% 13 C 29 Si (4.7%) and 30 Si (3.1%) occur in natural abundance.
Unidentified C n Frequency (cm -1 ) Absorbance sintered 5% Si / 95% 12 C rod MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) ν 4 candidate: 29,30 Si isotopic shifts
Frequency (cm -1 ) Absorbance sintered 5% Si / 10% C 13 rod CnCn ν 4 candidate: 13 C isotopic shifts MPW1PW91/ G(3df)
7 ν 4 : predicted vs observed shifts a MPW1PW91 calculation scaled by a factor of 936.9/ IsotopomerObserved MPW1PW91/ G(3df) Scaled a Difference Si-C-C-C-C-C ν obs (cm -1 ) ν DFT (cm -1 ) ν scaled (cm -1 ) Δ ν (cm -1 ) ——
8 Predicted modes of SiC 5 Vibrational mode MPW1PW91/ G(3df) DFT (cm -1 ) Infrared intensity (km/mol) ν1(σ)ν1(σ) ν2(σ)ν2(σ) ν3(σ)ν3(σ) ν4(σ)ν4(σ) ν5(σ)ν5(σ) 6161 ν6(π)ν6(π) × Int( ν 4 )
9 30% Si / 10% 13 C rod, LP = 2.5W C3C3 C3C3 CnCn C9C9 ν 2 candidate: isolating 13 C shifts consistently appears when cm -1 appears and with ~ 13 × Int( ν 4 ) % Si / 10% 13 C rod, LP= 3 to 4W
C3C3 C3C3 CnCn C9C9 overlapped overlapped ν 2 candidate: 13 C shift comparisons MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) 30% Si / 10% 13 C rod
11 ν 2 : Predicted vs observed single substitutions shifts a MPW1PW91 calculation scaled by a factor of / IsotopomerObserved MPW1PW91/ G(3df) Scaled a Difference Si-C-C-C-C-C ν obs (cm -1 ) ν DFT (cm -1 ) ν scaled (cm -1 )Δ ν (cm -1 ) … overlapped (1991.2) … overlapped (1959.8) …
MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) ν 2 candidate: double substitutions 30% Si / 10% C 13 rod C3C3 C3C3 CnCn C9C9 SiC 3 SiC6C6 C6C6 C6C
MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) ν 2 candidate: double substitutions 30% Si / 10% C 13 rod C3C3 C3C3 CnCn C9C9 SiC 3 SiC6C6 C6C6 C6C
14 Isotopomer Observed ν obs MPW1PW91/ G(3df) Scaled a ν scaled Difference ∆ν Si-C-C-C-C-C (cm -1 )ν DFT (cm -1 ) (cm -1 ) … overlapped … overlapped … overlapped … overlapped … overlapped … a MPW1PW91 calculation scaled by a factor of / ν 2 : Predicted vs observed tentative double substitutions shifts
15 Predicted modes of SiC 5 Vibrational mode MPW1PW91/ G(3df) DFT (cm -1 ) Infrared intensity (km/mol) ν1(σ)ν1(σ) ν2(σ)ν2(σ) ν3(σ)ν3(σ) ν4(σ)ν4(σ) ν5(σ)ν5(σ) 6161 ν6(π)ν6(π) × Int( ν 4 )
consistently appears when cm -1 appears and with ~ 10 × Int( ν 4 ) ν 1 candidate: isolating 13 C shifts C3C3 C3C3 C3C3 soft 30% Si / 10% 13 C rod2021.2
ν 1 candidate: 13 C shift comparisons C3C3 C3C3 C3C3 appears related to cm -1 MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) soft 30% Si / 10% 13 C rod
soft 30% Si / 10% 13 C rod MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) C3C3 C3C3 C3C3 appears related to cm overlapped ν 1 candidate: 13 C shift comparisons
soft 30% Si / 10% 13 C rod MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) C3C3 C3C3 C3C3 appears related to cm overlapped ν 1 candidate: 13 C shift comparisons
20 Isotopomer Observed ν obs MPW1PW91/ G(3df) Scaled a ν scaled Difference Δν Si-C-C-C-C-C(cm -1 )ν DFT (cm -1 ) (cm -1 ) … overlapped (2045.0) … overlapped (2024.0) … overlapped (2012.7) … a S caled by a factor of / ν 1 : Predicted vs observed single shifts
21 MPW1PW91/6-311+G(3df) C3C ν 1 candidate: 2x substitutions soft 30% Si / 10% C 13 rod C3C3 C3C3 C 12 C9C9 CnCn
22 Isotopomer Observed ν obs MPW1PW91/ G(3df) Scaled a ν scaled Difference ∆ ν Si-C-C-C-C-C (cm -1 ) ν DFT (cm -1 )(cm -1 ) … overlapped … overlapped … overlapped … overlapped … overlapped … overlapped … a Results of the MPW1PW91 calculation scaled by a factor of / ν 1 : predicted vs tentatively identified double substitutions shifts
and 2045 cm -1 do not belong to other linear SiC n Only linear SiC 3, SiC 6 and SiC 8 remain unidentified for SiC n (n < 9) SiC 3 and SiC 8 –Isotopic shift spectra don’t match SiC 6 –Ruled out because the strongest mode DFT predicts, ν 1 ∼ 2224 cm -1, is ∼ 180 cm -1 from observed cm -1 band.
24 Conclusions Based upon the observed and DFT predicted relative intensities isotopic shifts identifications are proposed for 3 asymmetric C-C stretch fundamentals of SiC 5 : ● ν 1 ( σ ) = cm −1 ν 4 ( σ ) = ● ν 2 ( σ ) =
25 Acknowledgements TCU Research and Creative Activities Fund The Graduate Student Travel Grant Program W.M. Keck Foundation
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