title: Determination of absolute configurations from vibrational raman optical activity: (trans)-2,3-dimethylthiirane.
abstract: Experimental and theoretical vibrational Raman optical activity (VROA) spectra of (2R,3R)-2,3-dimethylthiirane in the 200-1500 cm(-1) region are presented. The level of agreement obtained for the observed and predicted VROA signs suggests that the absolute configurations of chiral molecules can be determined confidently using VROA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Polavarapu
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Pickard
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hecht