Dispersion of the Raman depolarization ratio of HDO in water and heavy water from 295 to 368 K, and from concentrated NaClO4D2OH2O.

The dispersion of the Raman depolarization ratio rho(L) was measured for HDO in H(2)O and in D(2)O. rho(L) for the decoupled OD stretch displays a maximum at 2575 +/- 15 cm(-1) at 296 K and a minimum at 2675 +/- 15 cm(-1), in agreement with the isosbestic point 2570 +/- 10 cm(-1), and the enthalpy dispersion maximum, 2650-2675 cm(-1), respectively. However, three extrema were uncovered in rho(L) for the OH stretch of HDO in D(2)O, and their positions agree with the frequencies of a minimum and a maximum in the enthalpy dispersion and with the isosbestic frequency. The frequency of the rho(L) maximum (OH stretch) lies just above the frequency corresponding to the joint angle-frequency probability maximum. [Lawrence and Skinner, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 264 (2003)]. The low- and high-frequency minima in rho(L) (OH stretch), correspond, respectively, to very strong H-bonds, and extremely weak, long, bent H bonds. The frequencies of the maxima and minima in rho(L) for the decoupled OH and OD stretches are independent of temperature within experimental error between 295 and 368 K. rho(L) was also measured for the OD stretch from saturated NaClO(4) in D(2)OH(2)O; it displays a maximum at 2560 +/- 20 cm(-1) and a sharp minimum at 2650 +/- 5 cm(-1). The shape of the dispersion of (betaalpha)(2) approximately rho(L) for HDO in D(2)O was calculated with the aid of the molecular dynamics results of Lawrence and Skinner. beta(2) is the anisotropic polarizability and alpha is the isotropic polarizability. A maximum resulted in the calculated dispersion at 3400 +/- 10 cm(-1), in excellent agreement with the measured maximum of 3395 +/- 15 cm(-1). The H-bond angles decrease far below 180 degrees as the OH-stretching frequency increases to 3700 cm(-1) and above. Such small H-bond angles, and very large O-O distances, are tantamount to broken H-bonds and are thought to produce the minimum in rho(L) near 2650 cm(-1).