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Characterization of Protonated Formamide-Containing Clusters by Infrared Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations:  I. O-Protonation

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posted on 2000-09-30, 00:00 authored by C.-C. Wu, J. C. Jiang, I. Hahndorf, C. Chaudhuri, Y. T. Lee, H.-C. Chang
Characterization of protonated formamide clusters by vibrational predissociation spectroscopy confirms theoretical predictions that O-protonation occurs in preference to N-protonation in formamide. The confirmation is made from a close comparison of the infrared spectra of H+[HC(O)NH2]3 and NH4+[HC(O)NH2]3 produced by a supersonic expansion with the spectra produced by ab initio calculations. For NH4+[HC(O)NH2]3, prominent and well-resolved vibrational features are observed at 3436 and 3554 cm-1. They derive, respectively, from the symmetric and asymmetric NH2 stretching motions of the three formamide molecules linked separately to the NH4+ ion core via three N−H+···O hydrogen bonds. Similarly distinct absorption features are also found for H+[HC(O)NH2]3; moreover, they differ in frequency from the corresponding vibrational modes of NH4+[HC(O)NH2]3 by less than 10 cm-1. The result is consistent with a picture of proton attachment to the oxygen atom, rather than the nitrogen atom in H+[HC(O)NH2]3. We provide in this work both spectroscopic and computational evidence for the O-protonation of formamide and its clusters in the gas phase.

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