Nitrile Infrared Intensities Characterize Electric Fields and Hydrogen Bonding in Protic, Aprotic, and Protein Environments.
Weaver, J.B., Kozuch, J., Kirsh, J.M., Boxer, S.G.(2022) J Am Chem Soc 
- PubMed: 35467853 
- DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00675
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7SJJ, 7SPV, 7SPW, 7SPX - PubMed Abstract: 
Nitriles are widely used vibrational probes; however, the interpretation of their IR frequencies is complicated by hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) in protic environments. We report a new vibrational Stark effect (VSE) that correlates the electric field projected on the -C≡N bond to the transition dipole moment and, by extension, the nitrile peak area or integrated intensity ...