title: Experimental and theoretical vibrational study of silyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, CF3SO2OSiH3.
abstract: Infrared and Raman spectra were obtained for liquid silyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, a silylating agent of limited stability. The molecular geometry was optimized by means of density functional theory and Möller-Plesset second order perturbation theory methods, using different basis sets. The optimized structure presents a gauche conformation, similar to that adopted by methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, which was determined experimentally a short time ago. The wavenumbers for the normal modes of vibration and the corresponding force constants were also calculated, facilitating the interpretation of the vibrational data. The harmonic force constants given by theory were scaled to reproduce adequately the experimental wavenumbers.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química y Física, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad, Nacional de Tucumán, San Lorenzo, Argentina.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Altabef
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández Gómez
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Varetti
mesh_terms: D008956:Models, Chemical; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D012821:Silanes; C411864:silyl trifluoromethanesulfonate