Matrix photochemistry of hypofluorous acid, HOF: oxygen atom transfer and other reactions

EH Appelman, AJ Downs…

Index: Appelman, Evan H.; Downs, Anthony J.; Gardner, Christopher J. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1989 , vol. 93, # 2 p. 598 - 608

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Abstract

The infrared spectrum of the hypofluorous acid molecule, HOF, trapped in different solid matrices at low temperatures shows that the vibrational fundamentals u1 and u2 are perturbed to extents that vary with the basicity of the adjacent molecule, D, and the appearance of absorptions attributable to librational motions of the D... H-OF unit implies the formation of specific hydrogen-bonded complexes in some cases. As the matrix ...