Research Article

The Potential of Isotopomers as a Test for the Vibrational Theory of Olfactory Sense Recognition

Table 1

Calculated values for various 2D, 13C, and 1H/12C isotopomers of acetophenone (acp), octan-1-ol (oct), and benzaldehyde (bza).

Compound and isotopomer /kcal mol−1 /kcal mol−1 per D atom /kcal mol−1 per 13C atom

Acetophenone (acp)0.00
d 3-(H- )-Acetophenone (acpd3)−6.41−2.14
d 8-Acetophenone (acpd8)−17.18−2.15
(13C-2′)-Acetophenone (acpc1)−0.15−0.15
d 3-(H- )-(13C-2′)-Acetophenone (acpc1d3)−6.57
(13C8)-Acetophenone (acpc8)−1.30−0.16
Octan-1-ol (oct)0.00
d 18-Octan-1-ol (octd18)−39.34−2.19
(13C8)-Octan-1-ol (octc8)−1.28−0.16
Benzaldehyde (bza)0.00
d 6-Benzaldehyde (bzad6)−12.82−2.14
(13C-1′)-Benzaldehyde (bzac1)−0.17−0.17
(13C6)-Benzaldehyde (bzac6)−0.98−0.16