RF. ELECTRONIC (LARGE)

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2001 - 1:30PM

Room: 1009 SMITH LAB

Chair: DAVID PRATT, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

RF01 15min1:30

{C_2v-TOP INTERNAL ROTATION IN THE HIGH-RESOLUTION UV SPECTRA OF WEAKLY BOUND COMPLEXES: I. THE MODEL OF A C_2v TOP -- C_s FRAME INTERNAL ROTATION..

MARTIN SCHÄFER, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

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RF02			15min1:47

{C_2v-TOP INTERNAL ROTATION IN THE HIGH-RESOLUTION UV SPECTRA OF WEAKLY BOUND COMPLEXES: II. APPLICATIONS..

MARTIN SCHÄFER AND DAVID W. PRATT, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

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RF03			15min2:04

INTERACTION OF VIBRATIONAL MODES IN 1,4-FLUOROBENZYL ALCOHOL AS REVEALED BY ROTATIONALLY RESOLVED ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY.

ALEXEI E. NIKOLAEV AND DAVID W. PRATT, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

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RF04			15min2:21

THE ROVIBRONIC SPECTRUM OF P-CYANOPHENOL.

JOCHEN KÜPPER AND MICHAEL SCHMITT, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.

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RF05			15min2:38

CAVITY RING-DOWN POLARIMETRY (CRDP): A NEW PROBE OF OPTICAL ACTIVITY IN RAREFIED MEDIA.

T. MÜLLER, K. B. WIBERG AND P. H. VACCARO, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520-8107 USA.

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RF06			15min2:55

PROTON-TRANSFER AND HYDROGEN-BONDING IN THE GROUND AND FIRST EXCITED SINGLET STATES OF MALONALDEHYDE.

A. BRACAMONTE, A. A. ARIAS AND P. H. VACCARO, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520-8107 USA.

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RF07			15min3:12

USING CHEMICAL TIMING TO OBTAIN VIBRATIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER CROSS-SECTIONS IN THE VIBRATIONAL CONTINUUM REGION OF PARA -DIFLUOROBENZENE.

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

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INTERMISSION

RF08			15min3:45

STUDY OF SEED-BORNE PATHOGEN OF WHEAT AND RICE WITH PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY.

A. K. RAI AND J. P. SINGH, Diagnostic and Instrumentation Analysis Laboratory, 205 Research Boulevard, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759-9734, USA.

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RF09			15min4:02

S₁-S₀ VIBRONIC SPECTRA OF BENZENE CLUSTERS REVISITED: I. THE TETRAMER.

T. IIMORI AND Y. OHSHIMA, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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RF10			15min4:19

S₁-S₀ VIBRONIC SPECTRA OF BENZENE CLUSTERS REVISITED: II. THE TRIMER.

T. IIMORI, Y. AOKI AND Y. OHSHIMA, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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RF11			15min4:36

ROTATIONALLY RESOLVED ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY OF TRYPTAMINE AND ITS WATER CLUSTER. STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND STARK EFFECT..

TRI NGUYEN, TIMOTHY M. KORTER AND DAVID W. PRATT, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

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RF12			15min4:53

HIGH-RESOLUTION MW AND UV STUDIES OF THE JET-COOLED CHIRAL PROTOTYPE 1,1'-BI-2-HYDROXYNAPHTHALENE.

S. R. DAVIS, R. D. SUENRAM AND D. F. PLUSQUELLIC, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Optical Technology Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8441; R. J. LAVRICH, Dept. of Chemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242.

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RF13			15min5:10

CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION IN JET-COOLED VAN DER WAALS COMPLEXES: ELECTRONIC AND VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY.

A. ZEHNACKER, K. LE BARBU, F. LAHMANI, Laboratoire de Photophysique Moleculaire du CNRS, Bat 213 Universite Paris XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.

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