Anharmonic effects and vibrational dynamics in H-bonded liquids by attenuated total reflectance FT-IR spectroscopy

Research designed to identify the role played by the H-bond in the structural environments of a class of H-bonded liquids with identical chemical structure except for the number of the hydroxyl end groups is presented. The O-H fundamental vibration in ethylene glycol can be regarded in terms of H-bond-imposed anharmonic effects.