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Symmetry and Vibrational Frequencies of Dodecahedrane
Author(s) -
Ermer Otto
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197704111
Subject(s) - symmetry (geometry) , molecular vibration , force field (fiction) , molecular symmetry , physics , field (mathematics) , molecular physics , geometry , molecule , quantum mechanics , mathematics , pure mathematics
For the still unknown species dodecahedrane (1) force field calculations confirm the intuitive assumption of maximum possible symmetry (I h ) for the energetically optimal molecular geometry. The I h structure should be largely rigid (lowest vibrational frequency 395 cm ‐1 ).