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Harmonic Oscillator. Harmonic Oscillator. . +q. -q. R e. Selections rules. Permanent Dipole moment.
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+q -q Re Selections rules Permanent Dipole moment An electric dipole consists of two electric charges q and -q separated by a distance R. This arrangement of charges is represented by a vector, the electric dipole moment with a magnitude: = Re q Unit: Debye, 1D = 3.33×10-30Cm When the molecule is at its equilibrium position, the dipole moment is called “permanent dipole moment” 0.
Selections rules Electric dipole moment operator The probability for a vibrational transition to occur, i.e. the intensity of the different lines in the IR spectrum, is given by the transition dipole momentfibetween an initial vibrational state i and a vibrational final state f : The electric dipole moment operator depends on the location of all electrons and nuclei, so its varies with the modification in the intermolecular distance “x”. 0 is the permanent dipole moment for the molecule in the equilibrium position Re
0 The higher terms can be neglected for small displacements of the nuclei The two states i and f are orthogonal. Because they are solutions of the operator H which is Hermitian
Second condition: First condition: fi= 0, if ∂/ ∂x = 0 In order to have a vibrational transition visible in IR spectroscopy: the electric dipole moment of the molecule must change when the atoms are displacedrelative to one another. Such vibrations are “ infrared active”. It is valid for polyatomic molecules. By introducing the wavefunctions of the initial state i and final state f , which are the solutions of the SE for an harmonic oscillator, the following selection rules is obtained: = ±1
Note 1: Vibrations in homonuclear diatomic molecules do not create a variation of not possible to study them with IR spectroscopy. Note 2: A molecule without a permanent dipole moment can be studied, because what is required is a variation of with the displacement. This variation can start from 0.
IR Stretching Frequencies of two bonded atoms: What Does the Frequency, , Depend On? • = frequency k = spring strength (bond stiffness) = reduced mass (~ mass of largest atom) • is directly proportional to the strength of the bonding between the two atoms ( k) • is inversely proportional to the reduced mass of the two atoms (v 1/) 51
Stretching Frequencies Frequency decreases with increasing atomic weight. Frequency increases with increasing bond energy. 52
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Molecular vibrations • The lowest vibrational transitions of diatomic molecules approximate the quantum harmonic oscillator and can be used to imply the bond force constants for small oscillations. • Transition occur for v = ±1 • This potential does not apply to energies close to dissociation energy. • In fact, parabolic potential does not allow molecular dissociation. • Therefore more consider anharmonic oscillator. PY3P05
Anharmonic oscillator • A molecular potential energy curve can be approximated by a parabola near the bottom of the well. The parabolic potential leads to harmonic oscillations. • At high excitation energies the parabolic approximation is poor (the true potential is less confining), and does not apply near the dissociation limit. • Must therefore use a asymmetric potential. E.g., The Morse potential: where Deis the depth of the potential minimum and PY3P05
Anharmonic oscillator • The Schrödinger equation can be solved for the Morse potential, giving permitted energy levels: where xeis the anharmonicity constant: • The second term in the expression for E increases • with v => levels converge at high quantum numbers. • The number of vibrational levels for a Morse oscillator is finite: v = 0, 1, 2, …, vmax PY3P05
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