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Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Benzyl Cyanide


 







 

 


 




Calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's in benzyl cyanide (phenylacetonitrile) was made here on a molecular structure given by B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimization.  These are compared with the experimental nqcc's of Liu et al. [1] in Table 1.  Structure parameters are given in Table 2, rotational constants in Table 3.
 
In Table 1, subscripts a,b,c refer to the principal axes of the inertia tensor; 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.
RMS is the root mean square differene between calculated and experimental nqcc's (percent of average experimental nqcc).  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 Benzyl Cyanide (MHz).  Calculation was made on the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) ropt structure.
 




Calc.
Expt. [1]
   






14N Xaa - 1.380 - 1.313(2)
Xbb - 0.615 - 0.657(3)
Xcc 1.995 1.970
|Xab| 3.223
 
RMS 0.048 (3.6 %)
RSD 0.030 (1.3 %)
 
  Xxx 2.248
Xyy 1.995
Xzz - 4.243
ETA - 0.595
Øz,a 41.61
Øa,CN 41.73
Øz,CN   0.12
 
 
 
 
Table 2.  Benzyl Cyanide.  Heavy atom structure parameters, ropt (Å and degrees).  Complete structure is given here in Z-matrix format.
 
C(2)C(7) 1.5166
C(7)C(15) 1.4562
C(15)N 1.1556
C(2)C(7)C(15) 114.45
C(7)C(15)N 179.95
C(2)C(3) 1.3909
C(3)C(4) 1.3916
C(4)C(5) 1.3885
C(5)C(6) 1.3914
C(6)C(1) 1.3879
C(1)C(2) 1.3952
C(1)C(2)C(3) 119.30
C(2)C(3)C(4) 120.20
C(3)C(4)C(5) 120.32
C(4)C(5)C(6) 119.65
C(5)C(6)C(1) 120.08
C(6)C(1)C(2) 120.45
 
For comparison, the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimized molecular structure of benzene is CC = 1.3909 Å and CH = 1.0851 Å.


 
 
Table 3.  Benzyl Cyanide.  Rotational Constants (MHz). 
 
   ropt   Expt [1]
A 4397.53 4346.815(5)
B 1058.63 1057.373(3)
C   857.71   856.642(3)
 
 
[1] X.-Z.Liu, R.K.Bohn, S.A.Sorenson, and N.S.True, J.Mol.Struct. 243,325(1991).
 
 

Benzonitrile Acetonitrile

m-Fluorobenzonitrile o-Tolunitrile
p-Fluorobenzonitrile m-Tolunitrile
o-Fluorobenzonitrile p-Tolunitrile
 
 

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