Comparison of Fourier-Transform Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Multichannel-detected Raman Optical Activity

Abstract

Infrared, vibrational circular dichroism, dual circular polarization Raman optical activity and Raman spectra have been used in conjunction for investigation of the vibrational modes of trans- and cis-pinane, and alpha- and beta-pinene with a view of evaluating the usefulness of these techniques. It has been concluded that vibrational circular dichroism and Raman optical activity provide highly complementary and non-redundant information, of comparable spectral quality.