title: Conformational equilibria in diols: the rotational spectrum of chiral 1,3-butandiol.
abstract: The rotational spectra of five conformers of 1,3-butandiol have been measured by pulsed jet Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. All of them are stabilized by an internal hydrogen bond and all of them have a GG' or a G'G arrangement of the two hydroxyl oxygens, which means that both oxygen atoms are on the same side with respect to the C1C2C3 plane. Apart from the spectroscopic constants, the relative abundances in the supersonic expansion are provided.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica e Inorganica dell'Università, Viale Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Biagio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Velino
authors.forename: Laura B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Favero
authors.forename: Assimo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maris
authors.forename: Walther
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Caminati
mesh_terms: D002072:Butylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D012399:Rotation; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D002072:Butylene Glycols; D006878:Hydroxides; C028491:1,3-butylene glycol; C031356:hydroxide ion; D010100:Oxygen