G. Crowder, Bobby R. Cook
Jul 15, 1967
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Journal of Chemical Physics
Abstract
Infrared spectra in the region 60–4000 cm−1 were obtained for bromoacetone and fluoroacetone for the vapor and liquid (or solution) states and for the solid state in the region 600–4000 cm−1. Spectra in the region 300–4000 cm−1 were obtained for solutions in carbon tetrachloride and acetonitrile. The spectra show that both these compounds exist as mixtures of rotational isomers, and that the less polar form is present in much higher amount in the vapor state than the more polar form. For bromoacetone, the more polar form is more stable in the liquid state, and is the only form present in the solid. For fluoroacetone, the two forms have about the same energy in the liquid, and both forms are present in the solid.