Thermal molecular beam matrix spectroscopy of cyclobutanol: temperature dependence of lineshapes and the conformation problem

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0584-8539(83)80005-1

Thermal molecular beam spectra of cyclobutanol isolated in Ar and Xe matrices and the temperature dependence of the ν(OH) Raman line are reported.Six matrix bands are shown by lineshape analysis to consist of 4-6 components which systematically decrease and increase with increasing temperature of the molecular beam source.Data on lineshape parameters and relative intensities are reported.Likewise the ν(OH) Raman band is shown to consist of four components which behave with respect to temperature dependence analogously to the matrix bands.The results will be discussed in terms of two models.