Issue 6, 2017

The molecular rotational motion of liquid ethanol studied by ultrafast time resolved infrared spectroscopy

Abstract

In this report, ultrafast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy is used to study the rotational motion of the liquid ethanol molecule. The results showed that the methyl, methylene, and CO groups have close rotational relaxation times, 1–2 ps, and the rotational relaxation time of the hydroxyl group (–OH) is 8.1 ps. The fast motion of the methyl, methylene and CO groups, and the slow motion of the hydroxyl group suggested that the ethanol molecules experience anisotropic motion in the liquid phase. The slow motion of the hydroxyl group also shows that the hydrogen bonded network could be considered as an effective molecule. The experimental data provided in this report are helpful for theorists to build models to understand the molecular rotational motion of liquid ethanol. Furthermore, our experimental method, which can provide more data concerning the rotational motion of sub groups of liquid molecules, will be useful for understanding the complicated molecular motion in the liquid phase.

Graphical abstract: The molecular rotational motion of liquid ethanol studied by ultrafast time resolved infrared spectroscopy

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Oct 2016
Accepted
18 Jan 2017
First published
18 Jan 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 4345-4351

The molecular rotational motion of liquid ethanol studied by ultrafast time resolved infrared spectroscopy

G. Deng, Y. Shen, Z. He, Q. Zhang, B. Jiang, K. Yuan, G. Wu and X. Yang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 4345 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP07380H

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