title: Matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy of the rotational isomers of 1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-benzenedicarboxaldehyde.
abstract: Rotational isomers (rotamers) of the three structural isomers of benzenedicarboxaldehydes (1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-derivatives) have been investigated in detail using matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy in the 600-4000 cm-1 region, combined with UV photoexcitation and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. Two rotamers were identified for 1,2- and 1,4-benzenedicarboxaldehyde (1,2- and 1,4-BDA, respectively), while three rotamers were identified for 1,3-benzenedicarboxaldehyde (1,3-BDA) in infrared spectra upon UV-irradiation. Most of the observed infrared bands of each rotamer have been assigned. The energetic relationships among the rotamers were revealed based on the infrared data and the DFT calculations. It is shown that the intramolecular C-H...H-C interaction in the H-syn rotamer or the C-H...O=C hydrogen bonding in the anti rotamer of 1,2-BDA results in the blue-shift of the aldehyde C-H stretching band and the shortening of the aldehyde C-H bond length. Both photoinduced rotational isomerization and rearrangement were observed upon UV irradiation for 1,2-BDA. The structure of the major enol isomer formed as the result of the photochemical rearrangement of 1,2-BDA is determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City 739-8526, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh