BrCN







 









Nitrogen and Bromine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Cyanogen Bromide


 








 


 





  








   







Table 1. Nitrogen and Bromine nqcc's in BrCN (MHz).  Calculation was made on the equilibrium structure of LeGuennec et al. [4].
   










Calc.
Expt.
   







14N Xzz - 3.797 -
3.78(4) [1]
 
79Br Xzz 685.50 685.85(2) [1]
685.654(119) [2]
685.6(4) [3]
 
81Br Xzz 572.71 572.94(2) [1]
573.117(129) [2]
572.8(2) [3]
 


 







Calculated and experimental 14N nqcc's agree to within the uncertainty in the experimental value.  For 79Br, the difference between calculated and experimental [1] nqcc's is 0.35 MHz (0.05 %).  For 81Br, the difference is 0.23 MHz (0.04 %).
 
 
Molecular Structure, re [4] BrC = 1.7888 Å
CN = 1.1577 Å

 








 







   






Table 2.  BrCN.  Molecular structure parameters, ro,  rs,  rm, and re [5,6].  14N and 79Br nqcc's (MHz) calculated on these structures.
   






Ref.
  BrC (Å)   CN (Å)  Xzz(14N) Xzz(79Br)
   






ro 5 1.79050(44) 1.15807(64) - 3.791   686.9
rs 5 1.78913(1) 1.15856(1) - 3.786   685.7
rm 5 1.78791(48) 1.15886(69) - 3.783   684.6
re 5 1.78750(4) 1.15951(5) - 3.776   684.2
 
re 6 1.787490(11) 1.159523(16) - 3.776   684.2
 
 
 

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[2] P.R.Varadwaj and A.I.Jaman, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 227,23(2004).
[3] T.Oka and H.Hirakawa, J.Phys.Soc. Japan 12,820(1957).
[4] M.LeGuennec, G.Wlodarczak, W.D.Chen, R.Bocquet, and J.Demaison, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 153,117(1992).
[5] F.Tamassia, C.Delgi Esposti, L.Dore, and G.Cazzoli, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 174,59(1995).
[6] C.Delgi Esposti, F.Tamassia, C.Puzzarini, R.Tarroni, and Z.Zelinger, Mol.Phys. 88,1603(1996).
 
 
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