Band broadening of CH2 vibrations in the Raman spectra of polymethylene chains

The isotropic and anisotropic linewidths of methylene vibrations in a homologous series of alkanes of increasing chain length have been measured in the liquid state as a function of temperature. The bandwidths of the CH2 symmetric stretching modes, which are in Fermi resonance with overtones of the CH2 bending vibrations, are temperature insensitive over a 200 K interval; this is best explained in terms of a vibrational dephasing mechanism (inhomogeneous broadening) for these modes. In contrast, for the bending and antisymmetric stretching vibrations, significant band broadening occurs over this same temperature interval. In addition, for these modes, both the absolute value of the bandwidth and the relative rate of increase of the bandwidth with increasing temperature, decrease with increasing chain length. These observations are consistent with a reorientational broadening mechanism as the principal bandwidth contribution for these vibrations. Hindered end‐over‐end rotation of the molecules, which contr...

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