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MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY

Syllabus
• Unit I: Light scattering and Electron Microscopy Elastic and inelastic scattering,
light scattering by macromolecules, dynamic light scattering, radius of gyration and
molecular mass. Transmission and scanning microscopy, negative staining, cryo-
electron microscopy.
• Unit II: Chromatography and Mass spectrometry Electrospray MS, MALDI,
applications. Paper Chromatography, TLC, column, gas-liquid, ion-exchange, size-
exclusion and affinity chromatographies, HPLC and FPLC, applications to
macromolecules.
• Unit: III: IR and Raman spectroscopy Rotational and vibrational spectra, oscillator,
molecular symmetry, optical density, investigations of molecular structure,
hydrogen bonding. Examples and comparison of IR and Raman spectra, resonance
Raman spectroscopy
• Unit IV: Absorption, Fluorescence and NMR Spectroscopy UV and Visible spectra,
chromophores, Circular Dichroism and Optical Rotatory Dispersion, cotton effect,
applications to proteins and nucleic acids, Frank-condon principle, classical
picture, resonance condition, Bloch condition, relaxation phenomenon, Fourier
transform technique. NMR, chemical shifts, coupling constraints, Karplus
equation, analysis of simple NMR spectra, Nuclear Overhauser Effect, proton
magnetic resonance, 13C and 31P spectra.
Sample Preparation
• Gas samples
–As is
–As a diluted analyte in a non-MW reactive gas
such as Neon
• Solids
–Laser abatement
–Vaporization
• Liquids
–Vaporization
–Supersonic Expansion
Applications of MW

•Measurement of bond lengths


•Observation by radio telescopes for life precursors in
interstellar clouds
•Precise observation of translating stereochemistries
and confirmation verification
Stark Effect
Stark effect is shifting and splitting of spectral
lines of atoms and molecules due to the
presence of an external electric field.

For most spectral lines, Stark effect is either


linear or quadratic with a high accuracy.

For Rotational Spectroscopy, one uses a


perpendicular electric field.
Stark Effect
• The electric field interacts with the molecular
dipole moment, and there is a shift in the
position of the lines
• For a linear molecule
Δν = (μE)2
A method to
• For a Symmetric Top Molecule find the shape
of the molecule.
Δν = μE
Chemical Analysis
• Whole molecule is involved.
• Process is quantitative
• Isotopes can be detected
• Can detect isomers with different moment of
intertia
• Used to detect stable molecules in space

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