Tunnelling in carbonic acid

The cis , trans -conformer of carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3 ), generated by near-infrared radiation, undergoes an unreported quantum mechanical tunnelling rotamerization with half-lives in cryogenic matrices of 4–20 h, depending on temperature and host material.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Chemical Communications
Main Authors: Wagner, J. Philipp, Reisenauer, Hans Peter, Hirvonen, Viivi, Wu, Chia-Hua, Tyberg, Joseph L., Allen, Wesley D., Schreiner, Peter R.
Other Authors: National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2016
Subjects:
Materials Chemistry
Metals and Alloys
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
General Chemistry
Ceramics and Composites
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Catalysis
Carbonic acid
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc01756h
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2016/CC/C6CC01756H
Description
Summary:The cis , trans -conformer of carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3 ), generated by near-infrared radiation, undergoes an unreported quantum mechanical tunnelling rotamerization with half-lives in cryogenic matrices of 4–20 h, depending on temperature and host material.

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