Infrared matrix isolation studies of carbon disulfide and carbon dioxide complexes with nitrous and nitric acids

Argon matrix infrared spectra of carbon disulfide and carbon dioxide comple xes with nitrous and nitric acids indicate the formation of hydrogen bonded structures. In all the studied systems, the acidic proton of the hydroxyl group interacted with the terminal atom (S or O) of the base molecule. The observed red shifts of the OH stretching mode were equal to ca. 127, 87, 66 and 20 cm(-1), for CS2-HNO3, CO2-HNO3, CS2-HONO and CO2-HONO complexes, re spectively. For the CS2-HNO3 complex, an additional hydrogen bonded structu re was postulated with the OH group directed towards the central carbon ato m of the CS2 molecule which gives rise to the nu(1) OH vibration shift equa l to 150 cm(-1). All the studied complexes were sensitive to the changes in matrix environment and band splitting was observed in many regions of the spectra due to the different trapping sites. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.