t-CH2(NO)OH

Formula: CH₃NO₂
Molecular weight: 61.0400
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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

State: X

Vib. sym.	No.	Approximate type of mode	cm^-1		Med.	Method	References


a'	1	OH stretch	3638	m	Ar	IR	Muller and Huber, 1983 Muller, Huber, et al., 1984 Jacox, 1984
	2	CH stretch	2906	w	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	3	N=O stretch	1555	s	Ar	IR	Muller and Huber, 1983 Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	4	CH₂ scissors	1432	w m	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	5	COH bend	1352	m	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984 Jacox, 1984
	6	CH₂ wag	1181	w	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	7	C-O stretch	1107	vs	Ar	IR	Muller and Huber, 1983 Muller, Huber, et al., 1984 Jacox, 1984
	8	CN stretch	847	w	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	9	Skel. deform.	542	w	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	10	OCN scissors	386	m	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
a	11	CH stretch	2916	w	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	13	CH₂ rock	865	w	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
	14	OH torsion	220	m	Ar	IR	Muller, Huber, et al., 1984

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 367

Notes

Weak

Medium

Strong

Very strong

References

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Muller and Huber, 1983
Muller, R.P.; Huber, J.R., Reversible, light-induced isomerization of matrix-isolated molecules. Nitrosomethanol, J. Phys. Chem., 1983, 87, 14, 2460, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100237a004 . [all data]

Muller, Huber, et al., 1984
Muller, R.P.; Huber, J.R.; Hollenstein, H., Photochemical preparation of nitrosomethanol: Vibrational frequencies, force field, and normal coordinate analysis of the cis and trans isomers, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1984, 104, 2, 209, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(84)90116-4 . [all data]

Jacox, 1984
Jacox, M.E., Photodecomposition of nitromethane trapped in solid argon, J. Phys. Chem., 1984, 88, 15, 3373, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150659a047 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

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