Journal article

Tunnelling in carbonic acid


Authors listWagner, JP; Reisenauer, HP; Hirvonen, V; Wu, CH; Tyberg, JL; Allen, WD; Schreiner, PR

Publication year2016

Pages7858-7861

JournalChemical Communications

Volume number52

Issue number50

Open access statusHybrid

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01756H

PublisherRoyal Society of Chemistry


Abstract

The cis,trans-conformer of carbonic acid (H2CO3),
generated by near-infrared radiation, undergoes an unreported quantum
mechanical tunnelling rotamerization with half-lives in cryogenic
matrices of 4–20 h, depending on temperature and host material.
First-principles quantum chemistry at high levels of theory gives a
tunnelling half-life of about 1 h, quite near those measured for the
fastest rotamerizations.




Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleWagner, J., Reisenauer, H., Hirvonen, V., Wu, C., Tyberg, J., Allen, W., et al. (2016) Tunnelling in carbonic acid, Chemical Communications, 52(50), pp. 7858-7861. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01756H

APA Citation styleWagner, J., Reisenauer, H., Hirvonen, V., Wu, C., Tyberg, J., Allen, W., & Schreiner, P. (2016). Tunnelling in carbonic acid. Chemical Communications. 52(50), 7858-7861. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01756H


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