NIR-VCD, vibrational circular dichroism in the near-infrared: experiments, theory and calculations.

Sergio Abbate, Ettore Castiglioni, Fabrizio Gangemi, Roberto Gangemi, Giovanna Longhi

Index: Chirality 21 Suppl 1 , E242-52, (2009)

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Abstract

The first well documented experiments of Near Infrared Vibrational Circular Dichroism (NIR-VCD) were performed around 1975. We review the thirty year history of NIR-VCD, encompassing both instrumental development and theoretical/computational methods that allow interpretation of experimental spectra, harvesting useful structural information therefrom. We hope to stimulate interest in this still scarcely explored spectroscopy of chiral molecules.(c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.