Isotopic substitution is used to identify characteristic groups in an unknown compound using vibrational spectroscopy. Consider the

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Isotopic substitution is used to identify characteristic groups in an unknown compound using vibrational spectroscopy. Consider the C~C bond in ethane (12C2 1H6). By what factor would the frequency change if deuterium were substituted for all the hydrogen atoms? Treat the H and D atoms as being rigidly attached to the carbon.

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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