title: Vibrational spectra and structure of benzil and its 18O- and d10-labelled derivatives: a quantum chemical and experimental study.
abstract: Geometry and vibrational spectroscopic data of benzil-d0 benzil-d10 and benzil-18O calculated at various levels of theory (RHF/6-31G*, B3LYP/6-31G*, BLYP/6-31G*) are reported. The theoretical results are discussed mainly in terms of the comparisons with infrared (4000-100 cm(-1)) and Raman (4000-50 cm(-1)) spectral data. The calculated isotopic frequency shifts, induced by the 18O- and d10-labeling, are in a good agreement with the measured values. A complete vibrational assignment was made with the help of ab initio force field calculations. The data thus obtained were used for reassigning some vibrational frequencies. The results of the optimized molecular structure obtained on the basis of RHF and the DFT calculations are presented and compared with the experimental X-ray diffraction for the benzil-d0 single crystal. It turns out that the best structural parameters are predicted by the B3LYP/6-31G* method.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria. kolev@orgchm.bas.bg
authors.forename: Tsonko M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kolev
authors.forename: Bistra A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Stamboliyska
mesh_terms: D010103:Oxygen Isotopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D010658:Phenylglyoxal / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D010658:Phenylglyoxal; C006697:benzil