RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Conformational Landscape of m-Anisic Acid and Its Complexes with Formic Acid A1 Macario Farto, Alberto A1 Blanco Rodríguez, Susana A1 Thomas, Javix A1 Xu, Yunjie A1 López Alonso, Juan Carlos K1 Espectroscopía de rotación K1 Quimica Fisica K1 Quimica K1 meta-anisic acid - formic acid K1 rotational spectroscopy K1 structure K1 hydrogen bond K1 conformational equilibria K1 23 Química K1 2301.13 Espectroscopia de Microondas K1 2307 Química Física AB Four conformers of m-anisic acid were observed in a supersonic expansion using Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. These conformers correspond to different relative orientations of the acid and the methoxy groups and have their planar skeletons stabilized by resonance. When formic acid was present in the jet, the spectra of four m-anisic acid–formic acid heterodimer conformers were detected. The complexes are formed from the interaction of formic acid with each of the four observed conformers of m-anisic acid through the typical acid-acid sequential cycle with a double O-H···O=C hydrogen bond interaction in a pseudo eightmembered ring arrangement. The four heterodimer forms retain the same four m-anisic acid conformational geometries and the same relative abundances of the m-anisic acid monomeric forms in the supersonic expansion. This proves that a kinetic mechanism dominates the formation of complexes in the jet. PB American Chemical Society SN 1089-5639 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/46374 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/46374 LA spa NO The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2019, 123, 6772-6780 DS UVaDOC RD 11-may-2024