RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF ALLYL METHYL-ETHER (3-METHOXY-L-PROPENE), CH2=CHCH2OCH3, AND SOME ISOTOPICALLY LABELED ANALOGS

Fourier-transform Raman spectra of allyl methyl ether, CH2 =CHCH2OCH3, three deuterated derivatives and one C-13 derivative have been obtain ed. Comparison of the spectra of the deuterated and protiated compound s in conjunction with polarization data has enabled full vibrational a ssignments to be made for the carbon-hydrogen modes and the C-13 data have identified some skeletal modes of the CO and CC bonds. As a resul t of the data obtained from the deuterated compounds in particular, so me initial suggestions have been revised for tentative literature assi gnments of molecules of biological interest. In other cases, confirmat ion of existing assignments has been made.