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Structural Preferences and Vibrational Analysis of 2-Hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropan-1-one: A Computational and Infrared Spectroscopic Research

Table 2

Frequencies and PEDs for 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropan-1-one molecule.

b Observed (cm−1)DFT/6-311+G**HF/6-311+G**Assignment (%PED)a
Unscaled (cm−1) Scaled (cm−1) Intensity (km·mol−1)Scaled (cm−1)

122.7422.920.005317.23τ(C12C14) (68), ο(C12C13) (22)
278.6679.241.207872.16τ(C12C14) (48), ο(C14O23) (26), τ(C14C23) (15)
3137.69174.710.1931133.22τ(CH3) (63), ο(C12O13) (25)
4162.19163.170.1275161.76τ(C12C14) (89)
5184.98186.030.0007190.12τ(CH3) (76)
6215.31216.420.0829218.35τ(CH3) (62), τ(C12C14) (27)
7257.12258.280.2225258.41τ(CH3) (63), ρ(C14O23) (14)
8264.22265.381.0193261.87τ(C12C14) (54), δ(C12C14C19) (25), δ(C12C14C15) (14)
9324.53325.642.6572318.84τ(C12C14) (54), δ(C12C14C19) (25)
10371.29372.274.4029363.0228δ(C12C14C15) (53), δ(C12C14C19) (26), δ(C1C12C14) (14),
11415.70416.512.5757368.45ο(O23H) (51), τ(C14O23) (25)
12417.85418.6413.1148418.74ο(O23H) (37), τ(C14O23) (34), ο(O13C12) (16)
13442.58443.2423.2077425.91δ(C13C12C14) (79), δ(C12C14C15) (17)
14444.60445.2539.0992436.6872ο(O23H) (37), ο(C1C12O13) (28), ρ(C12C14O23) (23)
15506.39506.6213.7159477.5168ο(O23H) (69), ρ(C12C14O23) (20)
16529.30529.340.8797524.676δ(O13C12C14) (48), δ(C1C12C14) (45)
17619.59618.722.1280611.3124δ(C12C14C19) (44), δ(C12C14C15) (24), δ(O12C13C14) (15)
18635.52634.451.5297623.346Ring deformation (79), δ(C1C12C13) (17)
19699.33697.4413.7753689.55ο(CH)ring (62), δ(C12C14O23) (21)
20703.85701.8911.8256693.76δ(C1C12C14) (68), δ(C12C14C15) (18)
21716723.68721.4372.3248730.69ο(C19H3) (53), ο(CH)ring (23) τ(C12C14) (17)
22796811.44807.766.0346815.01ο(C15H3) (44), δ(O13C12C14) (24), δ(C6C1C12) (15), ο(O13C12) (12)
23836862.56857.930.2930863.31ο(CH)ring (98)
24856865.50860.821.4073877.23δ(C12C14C19) (67), δ(O13C12C14) (12)
25929.00923.010.0318928.86δ(C12C14O23) (41), δ(C12C14C15) (29), δ(C12C14C19) (13)
26934957.15950.541.1541958.57δ(C12C14C15) (22), ρ(C15H3) (19), (C15H3)(17), ο (CH)ring (14)
27959966.31959.49119.3931978.08ν(C14O23) (83)
28984980.27973.1319.8320997.34ρ(C19H3) (24), δ(C1C12C14) (24), ν(C14O23) (22) ρ(C14O23H) (12)
291002.21994.550.24861000.37ο(CH)ring (53), ρ(C15H3) (23), ρ(C19H3) (21)
309841016.361008.360.10611020.30ρ(C19H3) (68), ρ(C15H3) (16)
311017.601009.573.52131026.49Ring breathing (61), δ(C15H3) (21)
3210041022.171014.030.41011031.95ο(C19H3) (59), δ(C15H3) (28)
3310341051.381042.502.12051034.20ρ(C15H3) (61), ρ(19H3) (18), β(CH)ring (15)
3410771108.611098.224.64501082.28 (CH)ring (72), β(C15H3) (12)
3511341163.521151.574.80641116.30β(C14O23H) (64), β(C19H3) (26)
361182.421169.9111.42151157.55ο(C12C14O23) (48), ρ(C15H3) (36), ρ(C19H3) (14)
3711701184.741172.16164.14871186.76β(CH)ring (40), δ(O23H) (28), ν(C1C12) (11)
381185.471172.8743.39321193.31ρ(C15H3) (40), δ(O23H) (21), ν(C1C12) (13)
3911921210.111196.7610.71581210.98β(C15H3) (31), β(CH)ring (15), ν(C14C19) (13)
4012601263.081248.06126.78381226.8ν(C1C12) (37), β(C14O23H) (25), ν(C12C14) (14)
411280 sh1332.761315.4015.70061273.70ρ(C19H3) (49), ρ(C15H3) (27)
4213151350.991332.996.78161339.85β(CH)ring (52), δ(C14O23H) (32),
4313631385.141365.91106.14201376.17β(C14O23H) (83)
4413741397.171377.5010.10081407.32 (C19H3) (52), (C15H3) (45)
4513871418.221397.779.53261427.11 (C19H3) (53), (C15H3) (45)
461475.121452.480.68461463.36ρ(C19H3) (88), ρ(C15H3) (8),
4714471475.361452.717.94361466.61ν(CC)ring (65), δ(C15H3) (21)
481485.161462.121.45001477.58 (C15H3) (47), (C19H3) (41),
4914571497.191473.6714.40081487.97 (C19H3) (70)
5014651504.271480.475.78031494.03 (C19H3) (75), (C15H3)(17)
5114891521.611497.100.38701517.46ν(CC)ring (51), δ(C15H3) (21)
5215781615.701587.2013.09321619.02ν(CC)ring (39), δ(C19H3) (37), δ(C15H3) (20)
5315981636.911607.4728.07591642.55ν(CC)ring (65), δ(CH)ring (23)
5416831710.111677.31162.23821768.21ν(C12O13) (82)
5529353042.172917.7819.83242926.52 CH of (C19H3) (46), CH of (C15H3) (35)
563044.822920.198.95742931.07 CH of (C19H3) (50), CH of (C15H3) (29)
573107.422977.068.14472985.04 CH of (C19H20H21) (83)
5829793109.662979.0924.67752988.77 CH of (C19H20H21) (86)
5929913124.552992.591.05673003.92 CH of (C19H3) (81)
603128.172995.8848.06063012.34 CH of (C19H3) (83)
6130253167.463031.480.21193058.37ν(CH)ring (93)
6230603179.023041.9410.41153071.30ν(CH)ring (94)
6330703189.503051.4314.34603082.53ν(CH)ring (95)
6430903206.043066.385.76553109.14ν(CH)ring (89)
6531083227.433085.725.21583131.98ν(CH)ring (85)
6634583670.403482.74117.923781.02ν(OH) (85)

Assignments and potential energy distribution (PED) (contributing ) for vibrational normal mode. Types of vibration: ν: stretching; δ: deformation; ο: out-of-plane bending; β: in-plane bending; ρ: rocking; τ: torsion; sym: symmetric; asym: asymmetric.
bNormal mode number.