A Vibrational Force Field For 1-Alkynes and Nitriles

Abstract Normal coordinate calculations were made for 1-butyne, propionitrile, and the two conformers each of 1-pentyne and butyronitrile, using a thirty-one parameter modified valence force field. Only the triple bond stretching force constant was assumed to be different in the two families of compounds. Twenty force constants were refined to fit 117 frequencies of the six molecules, with the average error being 5.1 cm−1, or 0.65%.