title: Isomer selective infrared spectroscopy of supersonically cooled cis- and trans-N-phenylamides in the region from the amide band to NH stretching vibration.
abstract: We measured the infrared (IR) spectra of supersonically cooled N-phenylformamide (formanilide) and N-phenylacetamide (acetanilide) in the amide band and X-H stretch vibration regions by using IR-UV depletion spectroscopy combined with a newly developed mid-IR light source based on difference frequency generation in ZnGeP(2). The two rotational isomers, cis- and trans- of the amide group were separately monitored to record the IR spectra. Both of the conformers showed similar features in the amide I and II regions, while major differences of the isomers appeared in the amide III vibration region. The IR spectrum of trans-acetanilide closely resembles that of trans-formanilide, except for vibrations of the methyl group; that is, substitution of the formyl hydrogen to a methyl group has only a minor effect on the amide vibrations.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Spectroscopy Division, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan. miyazaki@csd.res.titech.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mitsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saikawa
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishizuki
authors.forename: Takunori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000083:Acetanilides / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D005559:Formamides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007536:Isomerism; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000083:Acetanilides; D005559:Formamides; C045976:N-phenylformamide