Structure of Propanoic Acid Dimers as Studied by Means of MIR and FTIR Spectroscopy
Infrared spectra of propanoic acid isolated in the neon and argon matrixes were obtained and studied with the aid of the DFT calculations. The geometric structures of the cyclic and open dimers of PA were elucidated. The calculations predict that among various types of the open dimers only one type with additional hydrogen bond between oxygen of hydroxyl group of a monomer and hydrogen of hydroxyl
