MATRIX ISOLATION STUDIES AND AB INITIO CALCULATIONS OF THE VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA OF COMPLEXES OF WATER WITH 3-HYDROXYPYRIDINE

Experimental infrared spectra of a mixture of 3-hydroxypyridine and water in an argon matrix formed by condensation of a gaseous mixture onto a cold window at 15 K exhibit new bands from the two types of 1:1 complexes formed between the two molecules. The vibrational spectra of these complexes are recorded and compared with the spectra of the isolated H 2 O and 3-hydroxypyridine molecules to observe the changes that result from complex formation