NH2-C(=O)-CH2Cl


 
 
 


Nitrogen and Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in 2-Chloroacetamide


 







 

 


 




"Rough values of the chlorine nuclear quadrupole coupling constants" in 2-chloroacetamide were derived by Møllendal and Samdal [1].
 
Calculation of the nitrogen and chlorine nqcc's in 2-chloroacetamide was made here on molecular structures given by HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) optimization (see acetamide), and by B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd) optimization [1].  Calculated nitrogen nqcc's are shown in Table 1.  Calculated chlorine nqcc's are compared with the experimental values [1] in Tables 2 and 3.  Structure parameters are given in Table 4, rotational constants in Table 5.
 
In Tables 1 - 3, subscripts a,b,c refer to the principal axes of the inertia tensor; x,y,z to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.
 
RMS is the root mean square difference between calculated and experimental diagonal nqcc's (percentage of the average of the magnitudes of the experimental nqcc's).  RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation of the model for calculation of the nqcc's.
 
 
   







Table 1.  14N nqcc's in 2-Chloroacetamide-35Cl (MHz).  Calculation was made on the (1) HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) and (2) B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd) optimized structures.
   








Calc. (1)

Calc. (2)
Expt.
   






Xaa 1.711 1.728
Xbb 2.023 2.057
Xcc - 3.734 - 3.785
|Xab| 0.145 0.130
 
RSD 0.030 (1.3 %) 0.030 (1.3 %)
 
Xxx 1.654 1.683
Xyy 2.080 2.102
Xzz - 3.734 - 3.785
ETA 0.114 0.111
 
 
 
   







Table 2.  35Cl nqcc's in 2-Chloroacetamide (MHz).  Calculation was made on the (1) HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) and (2) B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd) optimized structures.
   








Calc. (1)

Calc. (2)
Expt. [1]
   






Xaa - 44.81 - 45.35 - 47.62(52)
Xbb   6.67   7.04   8.22(66)
Xcc 38.14 38.30 39.40 *
|Xab| 45.64 45.36
 
RMS 1.99 (6.2 %) 1.61 (5.1 %)
RSD 0.49 (1.1 %) 0.49 (1.1 %)
 
Xxx 33.33 33.22
Xyy 38.14 38.30
Xzz - 71.47 - 71.53
ETA 0.067 0.071
Øa,z 30.29 30.00
Øa,CCl 30.36 30.20
Øz,CCl   0.07   0.21
 
 
* Calculated here from zero trace condition.
 
 
   







Table 3.  37Cl nqcc's in 2-Chloroacetamide (MHz).  Calculation was made on the (1) HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) and (2) B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd) optimized structures.
   








Calc. (1)

Calc. (2)
Expt. [1]
   






Xaa - 35.38 - 35.80 - 34.6(10)
Xbb   5.32   5.61   6.2(11)
Xcc 30.06 30.19 28.4 *
|Xab| 35.93 35.71
 
RMS 1.2 (5.1 %) 1.3 (5.6 %)
RSD 0.44 (1.1 %) 0.44 (1.1 %)
 
Xxx 26.27 26.18
Xyy 30.06 30.19
Xzz - 56.32 56.37
ETA 0.067 0.071
Øa,z 30.24 39.95
Øa,CCl 30.31 30.16
Øz,CCl   0.07   0.21
 
 
* Calculated here from zero trace condition.
 
 
 
Table 4. 2-Chloroacetamide.  Molecular structure parameters (Å and degrees).  HF and B3LYP optimizations with MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) correction for CCl bond length [2].  PDF
 
ropt (1) = HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) optimization.
ropt (2) = B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd) optimization.
 
Point Group: Cs ropt (1) ropt (2)

ClC(2) 1.7804 1.7804
C(2)C(3) 1.5209 1.5256
C(2)H(8,9) 1.0756 1.0853
C(3)O 1.1920 1.2154
C(3)N 1.3381 1.3485
NH(6) 0.9911 1.0055
NH(7) 0.9884 1.0049
Cl - - - H(7) 2.5337 2.5051
ClC(2)C(3) 116.78 116.72
ClC(2)H(8,9) 107.64 107.21
C(2)C(3)O 117.20 117.49
C(2)C(3)N 118.92 118.13
C(3)NH(6) 117.93 118.45
C(3)NH(7) 122.25 121.53
C(3)ClC(2)H(8,9) ± 121.22 ± 121.48


 
 
Table 5.  2-Chloroacetamide.  Rotational Constants (MHz).  35Cl Species.
 
ropt (1) = HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) optimization.
ropt (2) = B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd) optimization.
 
  Calc. ropt (1) Calc. ropt (2)    Expt. [1]
A    9824.7    9693.7 9640.4724(87)
B    2410.4    2394.4 2402.1687(15)
C    1958.8    1943.4 1948.3733(15)
 
 

[1] H.Møllendal and S.Samdal, J.Phys.Chem. A 110,2139(2006); PRAHA2006: The 19th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Abstract L12.

[2] I.Merke, L.Poteau, G.Wlodarczak, A.Bouddou, and J.Demaison, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 177,232(1996).
 

 







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