TD. ELECTRONIC (LARGE)

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2003 - 8:30AM

Room: 1015 McPHERSON LAB

Chair: PATRICK VACCARO, Yale University, New Haven, CT

TD01 15min8:30

HIGH RESOLUTION UV SPECTROSCOPY OF 4-DIMETHYLAMINOBENZONITRILE.

GRZEGORZ MYSZKIEWICZ, GIEL BERDEN, W. LEO MEERTS, Department of Molecular and Laser Physics, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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TD02			15min8:47

THE FIRST APPLICATION OF DOPPLER-FREE LASER POLARIZATION AND OPTICAL-OPTICAL DOUBLE RESONANCE POLARIZATION LABELING SPECTROSCOPIES TO A LARGE MOLECULE.

M. H. KABIR, S. KASAHARA, Y. TATAMITANI AND HAJIME KATO, Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan; W. DEMTRÖDER, Fachbereich Physik, Universität Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany; M. BABA, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.

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TD03			15min9:04

ROTATIONALLY RESOLVED ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM OF THE PARA-DIFLUOROBENZENE-NITROGEN VAN DER WAALS COMPLEX: STRUCTURE AND INTERNAL MOTION.

CHEOLHWA KANG AND DAVID W. PRATT, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; MARTIN SCHÄFER, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Höchschule Zürich, Zürich, ETH Hönggerberg - HCI, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.

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TD04			15min9:21

INTERNAL ROTATION IN THE NITROGEN COMPLEX OF 1,4-DIFLUOROBENZENE.

MARTIN SCHÄFER, ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH-Hönggerberg HCI, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.

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TD05			15min9:38

COLLISION ENERGY TRANSFER IN THE HIGHLY DENSE REGION OF THE S₁ VIBRATIONAL MANIFOLD OF PARA -DIFLUOROBENZENE.

UROS S. TASIC AND CHARLES S. PARMENTER, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405..

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TD06			15min9:55

PROTON TUNNELING IN BASE PAIR ANALOGS: UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS BEHIND A DOUBLE-PROTON TRANSFER.

JOSEPH R. ROSCIOLI, DAVID W. PRATT, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

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TD07			15min10:12

EXCITED STATE HYDROGEN ATOM DISLOCATION IN ANTHRANILIC ACID.

CATHRINE A. SOUTHERN AND DONALD H. LEVY, Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637; GINA M. FLORIO, ASIER LONGARTE, JAIME A. STEARNS AND TIMOTHY S. ZWIER, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.

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INTERMISSION

TD08			15min10:45

CAVITY RING-DOWN POLARIMETRY (CRDP): RECENT ADVANCES AND NEW MEASUREMENTS.

S. M. WILSON, K. B. WIBERG AND P. H. VACCARO, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. BOX 208107, New Haven, CT 06520-8107.

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TD09			15min11:02

THE LOWEST ³(n,

*) STATE OF 2-CYCLOPENTEN-1-ONE: CAVITY RINGDOWN ABSORPTION SPECTRUM AND RING-BENDING POTENTIAL ENERGY FUNCTION.

NATHAN R. PILLSBURY, STEPHEN DRUCKER, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702; JAEBUM CHOO, Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Ansan 425-791, Korea; JAAN LAANE, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843.

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TD10			15min11:19

HYDROGEN BONDING AND TUNNELING IN TROPOLONE AND THE TROPOLONE-WATER COMPLEX STUDIED BY ROTATIONALLY RESOLVED MW AND UV SPECTROSCPOPY..

J. C. KESKE AND D. F. PLUSQUELLIC, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8443.

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TD11			15min11:36

5-METHOXY-N-ACETYL TRYPTOPHAN METHYL AMIDE: THE DRAMATIC EFFECTS OF A REMOTE SUBSTITUTION AND A SINGLE WATER MOLECULE ON ITS CONFORMATIONAL PREFERENCES.

JASPER R. CLARKSON, BRIAN C. DIAN AND TIMOTHY S. ZWIER, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.

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TD12			15min11:53

THE SPECTROSCOPIC CONSEQUENCES OF C-H cdot

HYDROGEN BONDING: THE C₆H₆-C₄H₂ COMPLEX.

TALITHA M. SELBY, PAUL R. WINTER, CHRISTOPHER RAMOS, JAIME A. STEARNS AND TIMOTHY S. ZWIER, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084.

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