H3C-CCl3







 









Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in Methyl Chloroform


 








 


 




The complete chlorine nqcc tensor in methyl chloroform was determined by Dore and Kisiel [1].  An effective molecular structure was reported by Holm et al. [2].
 
Calculation was made here of the chlorine nqcc's on the effective structure.  These are compared with the experimental values in Tables 1 and 2.  Structure parameters and atomic coordinates are given in Tables 3 and 4, respectively.
 
 
Coordinate Systems
Xuu is the component of the nqcc tensor along the threefold symmetry axis.  Corresponding to the atomic coordinates given below in Table 4, Xvv and Xww are the components along the v- and w- axes for the Cl atom in the uv-plane.
Subscripts x,y,z refer to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  The y-axis is chosen coincident with the w-axis.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.
 

 








   







Table 1.  Chlorine nqcc's in H3C-CCl3 (MHz).  The subscripts cc, etc. in parentheses are the axes labels of Ref. [1].
   




Calc.
Expt. [1]

 



35Cl Xuu(cc) 28.06
26.8907(9)
Xvv(aa) - 66.87 - 65.5378(12)
  Xww(bb) 38.81 38.6472(12)
Xuv(ac) 35.29 36.510(23)
 
RMS 1.03 (2.3 %)
RSD 0.49 (1.1 %)
 
Xxx 39.74 39.571(14)
Xyy 38.81 38.6472(12)
Xzz - 78.55 - 78.218(14)
ETA - 0.0119 - 0.0118(2)
Øz,u 71.68 70.846(9)
Øu,CCl 70.45 70.45(25)
Øz,CCl   1.24   0.40
 


 







 
The pyramid formed by the z-principal axes of the three Cl nqcc tensors is somewhat 'flatter' than the molecular pyramid.  This is typical of the pyramidal trichlorides.
 
   







Table 2. 37Cl nqcc's in 37Cl35Cl2CCH3  (MHz).
   




Calc.
Expt. [1]

 



37Cl Xaa - 53.33 -
52.3028(16)
Xbb 30.59 30.4585(16)
  Xcc 22.74 21.8443(11)
|Xac| 26.95 28.032(76)
 
RMS 0.79 (2.3 %)
RSD 0.44 (1.1 %)
 
Xxx 31.32 31.249(46)
Xyy 30.59 30.4585(16)
Xzz - 61.91 - 61.708(46)
ETA - 0.0119 - 0.0128(7)
Øz,c 72.34 71.45(4)
Øc,CCl 71.10 71.10
Øz,CCl   1.24   0.35
 
   
Table 2. Molecular structure parameters, ro [2] (Å and degrees).
CCl 1.7712
CC 1.541
CH 1.090
CCH 108.90
CCCl 109.55
 
 
Table 3. Atomic coordinates.
(More figures are shown than are significant.)
 
  u (Å)   v (Å)   w (Å)
Cl - 0.360889 1.669090 0.0
Cl - 0.360889 - 0.834545 ± 1.445474
C 0.231807 0.0 0.0
C 1.772807 0.0 0.0
H 2.125877 - 1.031233 0.0
H 2.125877 0.515671 ± 0.893074
 
 

[1] L.Dore and Z.Kisiel, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 189,228(1998).
[2] R.Holm, M.Mitzlaff, and H.Hartmann, Z.Naturforsch. 23a,307(1968).
 
 

CFCl3 SiHCl3 F3C-CCl3 OPCl3
NCl3 PCl3 AsCl3 SPCl3
CH3Cl CH2Cl2 CHCl3 CH3CH2Cl

 







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