Symmetry of carboxylate ions. Infrared spectra of 18O labelled sodium deuterioformate

1 January 1968

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society B: Physical Organic

p. 389-391
https://doi.org/10.1039/j29680000389

Abstract

The band shifts in the i.r. spectra of solid 40–60 %¹⁸O enriched sodium deuterioformate show unambiguously that the two C–O force constants are equal and the charge and bond delocalisation in the carboxylate group is complete. This is in contrast to Spinner's conclusion.

Keywords

SODIUM DEUTERIOFORMATE
ENRICHED SODIUM
BAND SHIFTS
18O LABELLED
CARBOXYLATE GROUP
INFRARED SPECTRA