In database:

0-7500 cm-1

3-207 nm

Methanol (CH₃OH)
Molecular weight 32.04 amu
Freezing point -97.8 C
Boiling point -64.5 C
HITRAN number 39

Infrared cross-sections from PNNL
FTIR infrared cross-sections from 500 to 7500 cm^-1
Data available at 5 C, 25 C, and 50 C
Spectra is composite of on the order of 10 different pressures,backfilled with nitrogen to 760 T.
Images of PNNL data in cm²/molecule vs. wavenumbers
Images of PNNL data in cm²/molecule vs. microns


Line list from HITRAN 2008
Data from 0 to 1408 cm^-1
Images of HITRAN data on a log scale

Line list from HITRAN 2004
Data from 0 to 1407 cm^-1.
Images of HITRAN data in cm/molecule vs. wavenumbers
Image of HITRAN data in cm/molecule vs. microns

Line list from JPL
Data from 0 to 1470 GHz
Images of JPL data

UV cross-sections
Please see The MPI-Mainz UV/VIS Spectral Atlas

Additional references
Sub-Doppler Infrared Spectra of the OH-Stretch Fundamental of ¹³C-Methanol; A. Chirokolava, D.S. Perry, and L. Xu; J.Mol.Spec 203:320-329 (2000).
Millimeter-wave spectra and global torsion-rotation analysis for the CH₃OD isotopomer of methanol; M.S. Walsh et al.; J.Mol.Spec. 204:60-71 (2000).
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Vibrational Coupling in the OH-Bending Band of ¹³CH₃OH, J.Mol.Spec. 191:348-361 (1998).
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of CH₃¹⁸OH - The Inplane CH₃-Rocking Band, J.Mol.Spec. 172:153-175 (1995).
etc.

Notes

v₁ O-H stretch 3681 cm^-1
v₂ C-H perpendicular asymmetric stretch (A') 2999 cm^-1
v₃ C-H parallel symmetric stretch (A') 2844 cm^-1
v₄ C-H in-plane asymmetric bend 1477 cm^-1
v₅ C-H in-plane symmetric bend 1454 cm^-1
v₆ O-H bend (A') 1340 cm^-1
v₇ CH₃ rock (A') 1074 cm^-1
v₈ C-O stretch (A') 1033 cm^-1
v₉ C-H perpendicular asymmetric stretch (A") 2970 cm^-1
v₁₀ C-H out of plane asymmetric bend 1465 cm^-1
v₁₁ CH₃ rock (A") 1145 cm^-1
v₁₂ torsion 270 cm^-1




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