title: The probable molecular association in liquid D-1-propanol through neutron diffraction.
abstract: The neutron scattering data of liquid D-1-propanol at room temperature has been carefully analyzed to extract the probable molecular association. The molecular conformation (quite elongated) being very different from its isomer 2-propanol (somewhat spherical) would suggest a different type of molecular association in 1-propanol. The probable molecular associations like open chain trimer (as in recent X-ray work) to pentamer (winding) as in earlier X-ray analysis in addition to hexameric ring clusters (as reported in 2-propanol and other alcohols) are compared. It is surprisingly seen that hexameric rings are most probable molecular association in 1-propanol too.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhagat
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Joarder