Infrared vibrational spectra of L-histidinium dihydrogen orthophosphate orthophosphoric acid (LHP)

The entire vibrational spectrum of a single crystal of L-histidinium dihydrogen orthophosphate orthophosphoric acid (LHP) was studied by infrared (IR) spectroscopy from 10 up to 4000 cm(-1). The polarized infrared (IR) reflectivity spectra were measured between 7 and 250 K, in the frequency range 10-600 cm(-1) From the IR spectral analysis, the phonon modes were classified within their symmetry species, and their longitudinal (LO) and transverSal (TO) optical frequencies calculated. A tentative assignment of the various internal modes observed in the transmissivity spectrum of LHP, between 300 and 1000 cm(-1), is proposed. The present study did not reveal any low-temperature structural phase transition. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.