PART A: MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY LIST OF CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX VOLUME 352A, 1996 MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY Editors SIDNEY KETTLE Norwich, UK and JEFFREY STEINFELD Cambridge, MA, USA BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY Editors ARNOLD HOFF Leiden, The Netherlands and JAMES NORRIS Chicago, IL, USA SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY EDITORS Professor Sidney Kettle, School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK Professor Jeffrey Steinfeld, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ASSOCIATE EDITOR Professor P. J. Hendra, Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK REVIEWS EDITOR Professor A.W. Mantz, Campus Box 5556, Conneticut College, New London, CT 06320-4196, USA EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD R. Bacis, Villeurbanne, France A.C. Legon, Exeter, UK 5. Broekaert, Dortmund, Germany D.C. McKean, Edinburgh, UK J.A. Coxon, Halifax, Nova Scotia’ J. 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Powell The interpretation of vibrational spectra MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY K.M. Mukherjee, A.K. Maity, 5 Surface enhanced Raman spectra of isomeric phene- T.N. Misra and S.K. Nandy tidines in silver colloids M.M. Campos-Vallette, G. Diaz F., 13 Vibrational study and structure of N-(substituted J.A. Costamagna, J.A. Vargas and 5-bromo hydroxyphenylaldiminate) Co(II) com- V.H. Poblete plexes G. Calzaferri and R. Imhof 23 In-situ attenuated total reflection FTIR investiga- tions of H,O, HSiCl, and Co,(CO), on ZnSe in the range 600-4000 cm! A. Pawlukoje, J. Leciejewicz 29 The INS spectroscopy of amino acids: L-leucine and I. Natkaniec A.A. El-Azhary 33 Vibrational analysis of the spectra of 1,3,4-oxadia- zole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 1,2,5-oxadiazole and 1,2,5- thiadiazole: comparison between DFT, MP2 and HF force fields J.E. Eldridge, Y. Xie, H.H. Wang, 45 Electron—phonon effects in the organic supercon- J.M. Williams, A.M. Kini ductor «-(BEDT-TTF),Cu[N(CN),|Br and J.A. Schlueter I. Plaza, J. Rubin, M.A. Laguna and 57 Optical spectroscopy of the NH,’ internal vibrations J. Bartolome in the orthorhombic phase of NH, MF, (M is Mn, Zn) perovskites A. Tine and J.-J. Aaron 69 Quantitative treatment of the substituent effects on the electronic absorption spectra of indole deriva- tives BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY R.M. Loésel, A.H. Erbse, J.H. Nett, 73 Investigating the structure of nucleotide binding sites J.G. Wise, G. Berger, G. Girault on the chloroplast F,-ATPase using electron spin and P.D. Vogel resonance spectroscopy Elsevier Science B.V. lil Contents of Volume 52 M. Engelke, H.-C. Klockmann and 85 Gramicidin affects the transverse and lateral distri- H.A. Diehl bution of pyrene and pyrene derived probes in lipid bilayers A. Hickel, G. Gradnig, H. Griengl, Determination of the time course of an enzymatic M. Schall and H. Sterk reaction by 'H NMR spectroscopy: hydroxynitrile lyase catalysed transhydrocyanation D. Wrébel, A. Planner 97 Time-resolved delayed luminescence of chlorophyll a and B. Perska in anhydrous polymer systems EK. Hamacher, J. Kruip, M. Régner 107 Characterization of the primary electron donor of and W. Mantele photosystem I, P700, by electrochemistry and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) difference spec- troscopy E.N. Antonov, V.N. Bagratashvili, 123 Determination of the stability of laser deposited V.K. Popov, E.N. Sobol apatite coatings in phosphate buffered saline solu- and S.M. Howdle tion using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spec- troscopy Erratum Erratum No. 2 MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY P.M. Nikoli¢, P. Mihajlovi¢é and 131 Far infrared and infrared properties of single crystal D.M. Todorovié anglesite M.S. El-Shahawi 139 Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of chromi- um(III) complexes with some naturally occurring ligands containing sulphur K. Ohwada, A. Takahashi 149 Excitation profile of the resonance Raman effect of and G. Fujisawa uranyl nitrate in acetone W.-Y. Huang, S. Salmon, G. Jean- 157 Single site electronic spectra of free base tetraazapor- Charles, E. Van Riper and phin in an n-octane crystal at 5K L.W. Johnson M. Kaihara, H. Mametsuka, N. 167 In situ analysis of Ru carbonyl catalysts for carbony- Gunji, T. Nakamura, T. Ikariya and lation reactions by Fourier transform infrared spec- Y. Gohshi trometry A.S.-L. Lee and Y.-S. Li 173 Surface-enhanced Raman, normal Raman and in- frared spectra of chlorobenzoic acids Contents of Volume 52 J.T. Kiss, I. Palinké and A. Molnar 185 Surface properties of silica gel and silica gel-sup- ported ion-exchanged copper in transformations of various molecular probes: an infrared study M.J. Edmiston, R.D. Peacock 19] Surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy of tris(2,2’-bipyridine) ruthenium(II) and substituted analogues on novel-vapour-deposited surfaces D.C. McKean, H.G.M. Edwards, 199 Infrared and Raman spectra of 1,1-dibromodisilanes I.R. Lewis, V.S. Mastrvukov, and STO-3G* calculations J.E. Boggs and M.K. Leong Short Note C.F. Wilcox, Jr. and S.H. Bauer 207 The FTIR spectra of CH,CH,Br and CD,CH,Br BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY Review R. Manoharan, Y. Wang and 215 Histochemical analysis of biological tissues using M.S. Feld Raman spectroscopy Regular Papers A. Dudkowiak, C. Francke, J. 251 Spectral properties of bacteriochlorophyll ¢ in ne- Amesz, A. Planner, I. Hanyz and matic liquid crystal. Part 1. Monomerie forms of dye D. Frackowiak H. Sengstschmid and H. Sterk On the conformation of the nonapeptide SP-211: solvent dependent cis—trans configuration, impact of SDS micelles M. Sarkar, J. Guha Ray and 275 Effect of reverse micelles on the intramolecular ex- P.K. Sengupta cited state proton transfer (ESPT) and dual lumines- cence behaviour of 3-hydroxyflavone No. 3 MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY Regular Papers R. Liu, A.S. VanBuren, 279 Theoretical study of the structure and vibrational P.R. Moody, J.A. Krauser, spectrum of 1,3-dithiole-2-thione D.R. Tate and J.A. Clark L.E. Fernandez, A. Ben Altabef and 287 The infrared and Raman spectra of normal and E.L. Varetti deuterated methyl trifluoromethanesulphonate Contents of Volume 52 H.-H. Lee, H. Yamaguchi, 297 X-ray and vibrational studies of methyl (NV-benzoy- H. Senda, A. Kuwae and K. Hanai laminooxy )acetate R. Cooper Taylor and Spectroscopic studies of Lewis acid—base complexes D.L.W. Kwoh Part 7. Vibrational spectra and normal coordinate calculations from trimethylphosphine-— gallium halide complexes I.R. Lewis, N.C. Chaffin, Vibrational spectroscopic studies of asbestos and M.E. Gunter and P.R. Griffiths comparsion of suitability for remote analysis J.R. Menedez, A. Obuchowska and Infrared spectra and surface enhanced Raman scat- R. Aroca tering of naphthalimide on colloidal silver W.F. Wang, T.L. Tan, B.L. Tan High resolution FTIR spectrum of the v, band of and P.P. Ong bromochloromethane T. Itoh 343 Excited states and emission properties of 2-naph- thaldehyde P.K. Dash, B.K. Mishra and 349 Solubilization of Schiff bases having built-in hydro- G.B. Behera phobic cleft in microemulsions Research Notes N.N. Barashkov, T.S. Novikova, Spectroscopic study of monitoring the kinetics of T.V. Sakhno and L.M. Bulgakova radical copolymerization of di(ethylene glycol) bis- (allycarbonate) and 2-naphthylmethacrylate UL. Rambabu, T. Balaji, K. Anna- 367 Fluorescence spectra of Dy*’* and Ho** doped purna, J.V. Satyanarayana and dual lanthanide oxychloride powder phosphors S. Buddhudu Short Notes S. Mitra, R. Das and S. Mukherjee Ground and excited state proton transfer of o-hy- ty~ ~i w droxybenzaldehyde and 4-methyl-2,6-diformylphe- nol in aqueous medium B. Slootmaekers, S.P. Perlepes and 375 A distinction between the S-cis and S-trans confor- H.O. Desseyn mations of planar dithiooxamides with infrared spectroscopy Book Review 379 G.K. Skinner Practical Gamma-Ray Spectrometry, by G. Gilmore and J.D. Hemmingway Contents of Volume 52 No. 4. 381 Announcement MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY K. Schoone, L. Houben, J. Smets, Matrix-isolation FT-IR and ab initio 6-31 + + G** L. Adamowicz and G. Maes study of 1-CH,-adenine tautomerism B. Mianowska and W. Sliwa AMI and SCF CI PPP study of the electronic struc- ture of isomeric methyl benzonaphthyridines J.M.L. Poyato, J.J. Camacho, Analysis and transition probabilities of the B'T1, > A.M. Polo and A. Pardo X'X; system of Na, excited by the 5017 A line of the argon ion laser L. Rghioui, L. Benarafa, M. Saidi Apport de la spectroscopie de vibration a l'approche Idrissi, A. Lorriaux and F. Wallart structurale des composés de type K,RbLn(PO,),(Ln est lanthanide) H.-D. Amberger, H. Schulz, Zur Elektronenstruktur metallorganischer Komplexe H. Reddmann, S. Jank, N. Edelstein, der f-Elemente. Teil 37. Die Elektronenstrukfur von C. Qian and B. Wang Pr°* bei w-trigonal-bipyramidaler organischer Ko- ordination E.J. Baran, M.S. Schriewer-P6ttgen Vibrational spectrum of Hg,ReO, and W. Jeitschko D.C. McKean, A. Kindness, Experimental and ab initio infrared intensities in N. Wilkie and W.F. Murphy dimethylether: atomic polar tensors and atomic charges P.G. Sennikov, D.A. Raldugin, Vibrational spectra of phosphine and arsine in the Sh.Sh. Nabiev, V.A. Revin and gas phase, the liquid phase, and in the solution of B.S. Khodzhiev liquified argon G. Suresh, R. Ratheesh, V.U. Nayar Raman spectroscopic investigation on the phase and M. Ichikawa transitions in Rb,H(SeO,), and Rb,D(SeO,), single crystals J.R. Anacona Detection of SO (X *X >, v= 1) at 618.4 wm by laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy Book Reviews D.S. Urch High resolution laser photoionization and photoelec- tron studies, by I. Powis, T. Baer and C.-Y. Ng Contents of Volume 52 J.1. Steinfeld 478 Spectroscopy in environmental science, by R.J.H. Clark and R.E. Hester R. Spragg Spectrophotometry, luminescence and colour: sci- ence and compliance, by C. Burgess and D.G. Jones . Kolehmainen NMR spectroscopy: basic principles, concepts and applications in chemistry, by H. Gunther No. 5 MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY N. Ben Sari-Zizi, G. Guelachvili and 483 High-resolution FTIR study of the vy, + v, and v4, + C. Alamichel v. rovibrational bands of CH, “Br between 4200 and 4600 cm~! K. Laihia, E. Kolehmainen, Performic acid oxidation of exo-2-syn-7-bicy- P. Manttari, R. Ryynanen, clo[2.2.1]hept-5-enediol. 'H and '*C NMR spectro- M. Messala-Rannanpiha, scopic structure elucidation of the reaction products J. Vepsalainen and J.-P. Sundelin M.-N. Ohnet, M. Jouan, Liaisons chimiques dans les complexes métal-hétéro- G. Ménard, A. Spasojevi¢-de Biré, cumuléniques. Partie 3. Etude vibrationnelle du lig- N.Q. Dao, H. Fischer and D. Reindl ande cyanamide NCNR, et des complexes (CO);MNCNR, (M est Cr ou W, R est C,H, ou CH,) et détermination du champ de force du com- plexe (CO);CrNCN(C,H.,), T. Dudev and B. Galabov Interpretation of Raman intensities: effective in- duced bond charges from atomic polarizability ten- sors J.K. Beattie, R.S. Armstrong and Assignment of the low-wavenumber single-crystal S.P. Best Raman spectra of the caesium alums between 10 and 275 cm~! Short Notes B. Palasek, A. Puszko and Ultraviolet absorption spectra of 2-alkylamino-, 2- H. Ban-Oganowska phenylamino-, 2-morpholyl-, 2-piperidyl-(3 or 5)-ni- tro-6-methylpyridines and some of 2-alkyamino-3,5-dinitro-6-methylpyridines D. Bhattacharjee, M. Ghosh and Non-coincidence effect of the carbonyl stretching T.N. Misra mode in liquid benzaldehyde I. Baranowska and B. Kaczmarezyk The infrared spectra of some six membered ring heterocycles with nitrogen Vill Contents of Volume 52 BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY M.V. Fraile and P. Carmona 557 Structural study of human very low density lipo- proteins by infrared spectroscopy C. Reyes Mateo, P. Tauc, S. Tosti, Pressure effects on reaction rates in the lipid bilayer: G. Duportail and P. Lianos A time-correlated fluorescence study S. Dépner, P. Hildebrandt, A. Grant Analysis of vibrational spectra of multicomponent Mauk, H. Lenk and W. Stempfle systems. Application to pH-dependent resonance Raman spectra of ferricytochrome c M. Kobayashi, Z.-Y. Wang, Molecular structures and optical properties of aggre- K. Yoza, M. Umetsu, H. Konami, gated forms of chlorophylls analyzed by means of M. Mimuro and T. Nozawa magnetic circular dichroism X.-M. Wang and H.-Y. Chen A spectroelectrochemical study of the interaction of riboflavin with /#-cyclodextrin No. 6 MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY J. Joseph and P. Sambasiva Rao 607 Single crystal EPR study of Mn(II)-doped magne- sium bis(hydrogen maleate) hexahydrate C. Kaya 615 A simple method for calculating the force fields of M(CO).L and square pyramidal M(CO), complexes I. Campoy 619 FTIR studies of thermotropic main chain polyesters. Part |. Poly(decamethylene-4,4’-diphenoxy tereph- thalate) K. Tavladorakis and J.E. Parkin 629 Rotational analysis of the y,(a’) band at 3325.42 cm! of the mid-infrared spectrum of C,H-CDO K. Schenzel and K. Hassler 637 Normalkoordinatenanalyse, Infrarot- und Ra- manspektren von 2,2-Dimethyltrisilan L. Lapinski, D. Prusinowska, 645 Infrared spectra of 6-azathiouracils: an experimental M.J. Nowak, M. Bretner, K. Felezak, matrix isolation and theoretical ab initio SCF/6- G. Maes and L. Adamowicz 311G** study A. Surkus 661 Test of accuracy of diatomic potential energy func- tion calculated by inversion of spectroscopic data R.M.S. Alvarez, E.H. Cutin, 667 Vibrational studies of fluoroformyliminosulfur difl- R.M. Romano and uoride: FC(O)NSF, C.O. Della Védova Contents of Volume 52 M. Qinglu, S. Qingde and 675 Study on photoacoustic phase spectrum of rare earth Z. Guiwen complex: Pr(HFA),-2H,O Y.-S. Wei, W.-J. Jin, R.-H. Zhu, Investigation of heavy atom effect of halide alkanes G.-W. Xing, C.-S. Liu, S.-S. Zhang in /-cyclodextrin induced room temperature phos- and B.-L. Zhou phorimetry Z. Wang, B. Huang, H. Huang, The vibrational spectroscopic study of polyacryloni- R. Xue, L. Chen and F. Wang trile-based electrolyte Short Note B. Singh and P.K. Singh Molecular structure of lanthanide complexes of 2- aminothiazole BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY J. Yang, Z. Gao, N. Jie, H. Zou, 709 Study of the fluorescence system deoxyguanylic R. Han, W. Zhao and X. Huang acid—Tb (III) and the determination of de- Oxyguanylic acid No. 7 IUPAC Technical Report 1996 G. Guelachvili, M. Birk, Ch. J. High resolution wavenumber standards for the in- Bordé, J.W. Brault, L.R. Brown, B. frared Carli, A.R.H. Cole, K.M. Evenson, A. Fayt, D. Hausamann, J.W.C. Johns, J. Kauppinen, Q. Kou, A.G. Maki, K. Narahari Rao, R.A. Toth, W. Urban, A. Valentin, J. Verges, G. Wagner, M.H. Wappelhorst, J.S. Wells, B.P. Winnewisser and M. Winnewisser MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY C. Martin, I. Martin, V. Rives, 733 A FTIR spectroscopy study of isopropanol reactivity B. Grzybowska and I. Gressel on alkali-metal-doped MoO, /TiO, catalysts I. Kanesaka and Y. Fujii Vibrational study on phase transition in anilinium bromide and infrared intensity of decoupled N-D stretches J. Karolin, L.B.-A. Johansson, Aggregation of perylene dyes in lipid vesicles: the U. Ring and H. Langhals effect of optically active substituents J. Wang and D.F.R. Gilson - High-pressure infrared spectra of 1,4-benzoquinone and tetrafluoro-1,4-benzoquinone