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This feels silly asking but I have a question about units using the double harmonic approximation to determine IR spectral intensities. In the double harmonic approximation the intensity is given by
the square of the derivative of the dipole with respect to a normal mode coordinate times a scaling constant. Numerically this can be done by taking let say a 0.01 step along a mass scaled coordinates. The standard units of dipole are debye and mass scaled coordinates are unit-less so total units of debye squared. The scaling factor is Avagadro's constant divided by the speed of light squared. This gets me in units of times2 current2. Intensities are reported in km/mol. If anyone can give me a little help here I would appreciate it
Again the equation is:
[itex]I=(\frac{\delta \mu}{\delta Q})^{2}\frac{\pi N_{A}}{3c^{2}}[/itex]
the square of the derivative of the dipole with respect to a normal mode coordinate times a scaling constant. Numerically this can be done by taking let say a 0.01 step along a mass scaled coordinates. The standard units of dipole are debye and mass scaled coordinates are unit-less so total units of debye squared. The scaling factor is Avagadro's constant divided by the speed of light squared. This gets me in units of times2 current2. Intensities are reported in km/mol. If anyone can give me a little help here I would appreciate it
Again the equation is:
[itex]I=(\frac{\delta \mu}{\delta Q})^{2}\frac{\pi N_{A}}{3c^{2}}[/itex]