3-CH3-C5H4N


 

 








Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in 3-Methylpyridine


 







 

 


 




Calculation was made of the nitrogen nqcc's in 3-methylpyridine on a structure given by B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimization.  These are given inTable 1.  Structure parameters are given in Table 2, atomic coordinates in Table 3, and rotational constants in Table 4.
 
In Table 1, subscripts a,b,c refer to the principal axes of the inertia tensor, subscripts x,y,z to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  The nqcc y-axis is chosen coincident with the inertia c-axis, these are perpendicular to the molecular plane.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.
RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of the nqcc's.
 

 







   







Table 1. Nitrogen nqcc's in 3-Methylpyridine (MHz).  Calculation was made on the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) ropt structure.
 




Calc.
Expt.
   






14N Xaa - 0.116
Xbb - 3.396
Xcc 3.512
|Xab| 2.716
 
RSD 0.030 (1.3 %)
 
  Xxx 1.417
Xyy 3.512
Xzz - 4.929
ETA 0.425
Øz,a 60.56
Øa,bi 60.46
Øz,bi *   0.10
 
 
* The z-axis makes an angle of 0.10o with the external bisector ( 'bi' ) of the C(6)N(1)C(2) angle, and tilts toward C(2).
 
 
 
Table 2.  3-Methylpyridine and Pyridine.  Molecular structure parameters, ropt (Å and degrees).
 
3-Me-Pyridine Pyridine
N(1)C(2) 1.3297 1.3336
C(2)C(3) 1.3979 1.3904
C(3)C(4) 1.3910 1.3885
C(4)C(5) 1.3894 1.3885
C(5)C(6) 1.3876 1.3904
C(6)N(1) 1.3346 1.3336
C(2)H(2) 1.0899 1.0880
C(4)H(4) 1.0863 1.0851
C(5)H(5) 1.0845 1.0845
C(6)H(6) 1.0876 1.0880
C(6)N(1)C(2) 117.24 117.03
N(1)C(2)C(3) 124.74 123.80
C(2)C(3)C(4) 116.72 118.44
C(3)C(4)C(5) 119.51 118.50
C(4)C(5)C(6) 118.52 118.44
C(5)C(6)N(1) 123.26 123.80
N(1)C(2)H(2) 115.82 115.94
C(3)C(4)H(4) 120.03 120.75
C(4)C(5)H(5) 121.13 121.35
C(5)C(6)H(6) 120.62 120.26
 
C(3)C(7) 1.5010
C(7)H(8) 1.0918
C(7)H(9,10) 1.0939
C(2)C(3)C(7) 120.94
C(3)C(7)H(8) 111.21
C(3)C(7)H(9,10) 111.30


 
 
Table 3.  3-Methylpyridine.  Atomic coordinates, ropt.
 
 a (Å)  b (Å)  c (Å)
N(1) - 1.1428 1.1952
C(2) 0.1863 1.1525
C(3) 0.9454 - 0.0213
C(4) 0.2419 - 1.2213
C(5) - 1.1474 - 1.2002
C(6) - 1.7914 0.0289
H(2) 0.6923 2.1178
H(4) 0.7783 - 2.1659
H(5) - 1..7221 - 2.1199
H(6) - 2.8776 0.0852
C(7) 2.4455 0.0298
H(8) 2.8749 - 0.9740
H(9,10) 2.8253 0.5569 ± 0.8801
 
 

Table 4.  3-Methylpyridine.  Rotational Constants (MHz).
 
Calc ropt     Expt.
A 5737.6
B 2596.8
C 1807.6


 
 

Pyridine 2-Methylpyridine 4-Methylpyridine

3-Fluoropyridine 3-Chloropyridine 3-Bromopyridine
3-Cyanopyridine 3-Pyridine Carbaldehyde
 
 

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