The goal of the work is to investigate intra- and intermolecular weak interactions and the subtle interplay between them, including hydrogen and dispersion bonds stabilizing conformeric structures of flexible molecules and small complexes. Accurate rotational constants and transition moment ratio are obtained by a combination of mass-selective rotationally resolved two-photon two-color resonance-enhanced ionization spectroscopy of cold molecular beams, rotational spectra fitting technique based on genetic algorithms, and high-level quantum chemistry ab initio calculations. The studied model species include two groups: i) complexes of water, acetylene, and argon with a molecule pertaining two conjugated π-electron systems, leading to a strong electron density delocalization: styrene and its fluorinated derivative; and ii) the flexible biologically relevant molecule 2-phenylethanol and its complex with argon, and the neurotransmitter ephedrine. The assigned gauche structure of 2-phenylethanol clearly demonstrates the significance of the intramolecular π hydrogen bond for the stabilization of conformational structures.
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The goal of the work is to investigate intra- and intermolecular weak interactions and the subtle interplay between them, including hydrogen and dispersion bonds stabilizing conformeric structures of flexible molecules and small complexes. Accurate rotational constants and transition moment ratio are obtained by a combination of mass-selective rotationally resolved two-photon two-color resonance-enhanced ionization spectroscopy of cold molecular beams, rotational spectra fitting technique based...
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