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SUBMITTER: Giubertoni G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6589744 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The journal of physical chemistry letters 20190531 12
We investigate the molecular geometry of the carboxyl group of formic acid in acetonitrile and aqueous solutions at room temperature with two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D-IR). We found that the carboxyl group adopts two distinct configurations: a configuration in which the carbonyl group is oriented antiparallel to the hydroxyl (anti-conformer), and a configuration in which the carbonyl group is oriented at an angle of ∼60° with respect to the hydroxyl (syn-conformer). These results con ...[more]