Nitrile IR intensities characterize electric fields and hydrogen bonding in protic, aprotic, and protein environments
Nitriles are {widely|extensively|broadly} {used|utilized|employed|utilised|applied|made use of} as vibrational probes; {however|nevertheless|nonetheless|even so|on the other hand|having said that}, the interpretation of their IR frequencies is {complicated|complex|difficult} by hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) in protic…