Absolute Intensities of the Infrared Bands of Gaseous Acrylonitrile

J Mol Spectrosc. 1999 Apr;194(2):206-210. doi: 10.1006/jmsp.1998.7795.

Abstract

Laboratory spectral data (peak positions and integrated band intensities) of the infrared bands of acrylonitrile (CH2CHCN) gas in the region 4000-220 cm-1 are presented. Even though CH2CHCN has not yet been identified in Titan's atmosphere, it is among the possible photochemical and cosmic irradiation products of CH4 + N2 chemistry in the atmosphere of Titan. Laboratory simulations of Titan's atmospheric chemistry also give CH2CHCN as a product species. The results of our evaluation of the infrared intensity data provide an upper limit of the stratospheric abundance of CH2CHCN. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.