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Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Cyclopropyl Cyanide


 








 








 








Calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's in cyclopropyl cyanide was made on an ropt structure obtained by MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) optimization (see below).  These are compared with the experimental nqcc's [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, subscripts x,y,z to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  The nqcc y-axis is chosen coincident with the inertia b-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 B3PW91/6-311+(df,pd) model for calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's. 

 








 








 
   







Table 1. Nitrogen nqcc's in cyclic CH2CH2CHCN (MHz).  Calculation was made on the ropt structure.
   










Calc.
Expt. [1]
   







14N Xaa - 3.440 - 3.45976(82)


Xbb
1.678
1.74564(90)


Xcc
1.762
1.71412(90)


|Xac|
2.017



 







RMS
0.049 (2.1 %)




RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)



 







Xxx
2.452




Xyy
1.678




Xzz - 4.131




ETA - 0.187




Øz,a
18.89




Øa,CN
18.69




Øz,CN
  0.20



 







 








 


Table 2.  Cyclopropyl Cyanide.  Molecular structure parameters, ropt and heavy atom rs [4] (Å and degrees).
ropt = MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) optimization with corrected MP2/6-311+G(d,p) CN bond length [2].  Z-Matrix
 
  ropt  rs [5]





CN 1.1574 1.161(4)

C(1)C 1.4378 1.420(6)

C(1)C(2,3) 1.5175 1.529(5) *

C(2)C(3) 1.5001 1.500(3) *

CHs 1.0825

CHc 1.0818

CHt 1.0818

C(1)CN 179.67 179.3(7)

CC(1)Hs 114.77

C(1)C(3)Hc 116.60

C(2)C(3)Hc 117.82

C(1)C(3)Ht 116.43

C(2)C(3)Ht 118.46

HcCHt 115.77
 


* The substitution structure of the ring was previously determined by Pearson et al. [5].  They find C(1)C(2,3) = 1.528(5) Å and C(2)C(3) = 1.500(2) Å.


 








 












Table 3.  Cyclopropyl Cyanide.  Rotational constants, ropt (MHz).






   Calc.    Expt. [1]





A 15 863.8 15 786.270(20)

B   3 467.1   3 465.107(4)

C   3 287.8   3 286.241(4)


 








 








[1] L.Bizzocchi, C.Delgi Esposti, L.Dore, and Z.Kisiel, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 251,138(2008).

[2] J.Demaison, J.Coslèou, R.Bocquet, and A.G.Lesarri, J.Mol. Spectrosc. 167,400(1994).

[4] M.D.Harmony, R.N.Nandi, J.V.Tietz, J.-I.Choe, S.J.Getty, and S.W.Staley, J.Am.Chem.Soc. 105(3947(1983).

[5] R.Pearson Jr., A.Chopin, and V.Laurie, J.Chem.Phys. 62,4859(1975).

 








Also ...

O.Böttcher, N.Heineking, and D.H.Sutter, Z.Naturforsch. 44a,655(1989).  Xaa = -3.4536(35), Xbb = 1.7468(51), and Xcc = 1.7068(51) MHz.

R.D.Brown, P.D.Godfrey, and A.L.Ottrey, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 81,303(1980).  Xaa = -3.453(11)  and Xbb = 1.759(16) MHz.

 








 








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