CH2Br-C(=O)OH





 









Bromine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Bromoacetic Acid


 







 
Calculation of the bromine nqcc tensors was made here on structures given by MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ(G03) optimization (ropt), and on this optimized structure but with corrected CBr, C-C, and C=O bond lengths (~ re, see here).  These nqcc's are compared with the experimental values [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 symmetry plane.  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 for the B1LYP/TZV(3df,3p) model for calculation of the nqcc's, which may be taken as an estimate ofthe uncertainty in the calculated nqcc's.
 

  








   







Table 1.  Bromine nqcc's in CH2Br-C(=O)OH (MHz).  Calculation was made on the (1) ropt and (2) ~ re structures.
 


Calc (1)
Calc (2)
Expt. [1]
   






Xaa(79Br) 421.06 424.26 421(4)
Xbb - 120.22 - 122.27 - 121(2)
Xcc - 300.84 - 301.99 - 300(2)
|Xab| 370.47 370.70 365(2)
 
RMS 0.7 (0.24 %) 2.3 (0.83 %)
RSD 1.58 (0.39 %) 1.58 (0.39 %)
 
Xxx - 308.38 - 309.54 - 304(2)
Xyy - 300.84 - 301.99 - 300(2)
Xzz 609.22 611.53 604(3)
ETA - 0.0124 - 0.0124
Øz,a 26.92 26.80 26.7(2)
Øa,CCl 27.56 27.42
Øz,CCl   0.63   0.62
 
Xaa(81Br) 351.86 354.53 354(4)
Xbb - 100.52 - 102.23 - 102(2)
Xcc - 251.34 - 252.30 - 251(2)
|Xab| 309.46 309.65 306(4)
 
RMS 1.5 (0.64 %) 0.8 (0.35 %)
RSD 1.38 (0.40 %) 1.38 (0.40 %)
 

   
 
Table 2.  Bromoacetic Acid.  Molecular structure parameters, ropt and ~ re (Å and degrees).
 
Point Group Cs   ropt  ~ re

BrC   1.9085   1.9168
CH   1.0864   1.0864
C-C   1.5094   1.5079
C=O   1.2037   1.1964
CO   1.3561   1.3561
OH   0.9703   0.9703
BrCC   112.48   112.48
CCH   109.22   109.22
HCC=O ±120.59 ±120.59
CC=O   127.62   127.62

OC=O   123.96   123.96

COH   112.48   112.48

 







 
Table 3.  Bromoacetic Acid.  Rotational constants (MHz).  79Br species.
 
     ropt    ~ re    Expt. [1]
A 10436.1 10505.5 10460.377(19)
B   1530.3   1524.5   1514.793(5)
C   1345.8   1342.4   1335.161(4)
 
 
[1] B.P. van Eijck, H.A.Dijkerman, and J.Smits, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 73,305(1978).
 
 
CH2Br-C(=O)F CH2Br-CH3 CH2Br-C(=O)Cl CH2Cl-C(=O)OH

 








 








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