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Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in n-Perfluoroheptyl Cyanide transoid


(Perfluorooctanonitrile)


 








 








Calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's in n-perfluoroheptyl cyanide, transoid was made on structures given by B3P86/6-31G(2d) optimization (ropt), and on this same structure but with empirically derived equilibrium CF, C-C, and CN bond lengths (~ re).  These calculated nqcc's are given in Table 1.  Structure parameters are given in Table 2, rotational constants and dipole moments in Table 3.

 








In Table 1, subscripts a,b,c refer to principal axes of the inertia tensor; subscripts x,y,z to principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  Øz,CN (degrees) is the angle between the principal z-axis of the nqcc tensor and the CN bond axis.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's, which may be taken as an estimate of the uncertainty in the calculated nqcc's (unertainties in the structures not-with-standing).

 









 







 
   








Table 1.  14N nqcc's in n-perfluoroheptyl cyanide, transoid (MHz).  Calculation was made on ropt and ~ re structures
   










 ropt
 ~ re
Expt. [1] **
   








Xaa - 2.226 - 2.220



Xbb
0.553
0.547



Xcc
1.673
1.673



|Xab|
2.956 *
2.951 *



|Xac|
1.717
1.709



|Xbc|
1.119
1.117



 







RSD
0.030 (1.3 %) 0.030 (1.3 %)


 







Xxx
2.321
2.316



Xyy
2.434
2.429



Xzz - 4.756 - 4.745



ETA
0.0238
0.0238



Øz,CN
0.39
0.38



 








 








* The algebraic sign of the product XabXacXbc is negative.

** "Nitrogen hyperfine splitting was not resolvable ..." [1]

 








 














Table 2.  n-Perfluoroheptyl Cyanide, transoid.  Selected structure parameters, ropt and ~ re (Å and degrees).   Complete structures are given here in Z-matrix format.
 







  ropt
  ~ re





C(1)C(2)
1.5471
1.5458
C(2)C(3)
1.5507
1.5492
C(3)C(4)
1.5544
1.5528
C(4)C(5)
1.5551
1.5534
C(5)C(6)
1.5534
1.5518
C(6)C(7)
1.5528
1.5508
C(7)C(8)
1.4789
1.4805
C(8)N(9)
1.1534
1.1544
C(1)C(2)C(3)
113.88
113.88
C(2)C(3)C(4)
112.89
112.89
C(3)C(4)C(5)
112.72
112.72
C(4)C(5)C(6)
112.60
112.60
C(5)C(6)C(7)
113.68
113.68
C(6)C(7)C(8)
110.09
110.09
C(7)C(8)N(9)
179.47
179.47
C(1)C(2)C(3)C(4)
163.37
163.37
C(2)C(3)C(4)C(5)
161.78
161.78
C(3)C(4)C(5)C(6)
161.78
161.78

C(4)C(5)C(6)C(7)
162.58
162.58

C(5)C(6)C(7)C(8)
168.77
168.77

C(6)C(7)C(8)N(9)
  64.92
  64.92



 








 



Table 3.  n-Perfluoroheptyl Cyanide, transoid.  Rotational Constants (MHz).







 ropt  ~ re  Expt. [1]






A 684.1 681.2 681.37155(18)

B 127.2 127.4 126.116097(48)

C 125.5 125.6 124.284824(49)

 



a| 1.28 1.26

b| 0.70 0.69

c| 0.36 0.35



 









 








Note:  Etransoid < EGA by 0.47 kJ/mol as calculated at the B3PW91/6-311+G(df) level of theory on the B3P86/6-31G(2d) opt structures.

 








 








[1] W.C.Bailey, R.K.Bohn, C.T.Dewberry, G.S.Grubbs II, and S.A.Cooke, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 270,61(2011).   "Nitrogen hyperfine splitting was not resolvable ..."

 








 






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