Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.106, No.16, 4257-4262, 2002
Rayleigh depolarization ratios, Kerr effects, polarizabilities, and hyperpolarizabilities of CH3Br, CH2Br2,CHBr3, and CBr4. Comparison of experimental and a initio calculated polarizabilities
Improved equipment has been used to record the vapor-phase Rayleigh depolarization ratios and electrooptical Kerr effects of CH3Br, CH2Br2, CHBr3, and CBr4 at elevated temperatures. The measurements yield experimental values of the anisotropic polarizabilities and the Kerr hyperpolarizabilities of these molecules. As well, Dougherty and Spackman's HUZ-SV(+sd+sp) basis set has been used to compute SCF and MP2-level polarizabilities, and these are compared with the experimental results.