What is it about?
Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy has emerged as one of the most reliable spectroscopic techniques for investigating the absolute configuration of chiral molecules.1–3 In particular, in combination with density functional theory (DFT) calculations,4 VCD has made it possible to determine the relative configuration of chiral molecules possessing multiple chiral centers, such as in natural products, or to monitor various forms of configuration, planar, axial, central, and so on.5–13
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Why is it important?
VCD, like most forms of vibrational spectroscopies, is more adequate to discriminate various sources of chirality within molecular systems. Moreover due to its higher sensitivity, VCD can help to investigate conformational aspects as well, whose contributions are often hidden in ECD spectra. VCD spectroscopy has been increasingly appreciated outside the fields in which the technique was initially developed, namely, the spectroscopic chemical-physical field.
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This page is a summary of: Mid‐IR and CH stretching vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy to distinguish various sources of chirality: The case of quinophaneoxazoline based ruthenium(II) complexes, Chirality, February 2024, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/chir.23649.
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