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Polymerization of Formic Acid under High Pressure
2005
Physical Review Letters
We report combined Raman, infrared (IR) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements, along with ab initio calculations on formic acid under pressure up to 50 GPa. Contrary to the report of Allan and Clark (PRL 82, 3464 (1999)), we find an infinite chain lowtemperature Pna2 1 structure consisting of trans molecules to be a high-pressure phase at room temperature. Our data indicate the symmetrization and a partially covalent character of the intra-chain hydrogen bonds above approximately 20 GPa.
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.94.065505
pmid:15783746
fatcat:jfxtt7onmbg4hlgucc7ojpynay