2D IR photon echo study of the anharmonic coupling in the OCN region of phenyl cyanate

Chem Phys Lett. 2009 Feb 24;470(1-3):80-84. doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.01.025.

Abstract

The vibrations in the OCN stretching region of phenyl cyanate are examined by two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy. In water and THF, these spectra display three diagonal peaks having cross peaks characteristic of anharmonically coupled transitions. The pattern of the spectra is reproduced by coupling of two overtones with the OCN fundamental.