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Title:	The transferability of force constants among olefins
Author:	Comerford, John Martin
View Online:	njit-etd1970-015 (vii, 133 pages ~ 5.7 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Kimmel, Howard S. (Committee chair) Snyder, William H. (Committee member) Dauerman, Leonard (Committee member)
Date:	1970-06
Keywords:	Alkenes Chemical bonds
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	A normal coordinate analysis of the in-plane vibrations of ethylene was performed using a modified valence force field, a modified Urey-Bradley force field and a hybrid orbital force field. The B2u species of isobutene was also analyzed. An attempt was made to transfer force constants from ethylene and thereby solve the A1 species of isobutene, but a solution could not be obtained. This suggests that simple transference of force constants is not feasable in this case. The potential energy distributions obtained for ethylene are discussed. The normal coordinates calculated in this work are appended.