CH3CH2C(=O)Cl
























 









Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Propionyl Chloride


 








 








 








Microwave spectroscopic studies of propionyl chloride were undertaken by Karlsson [1] and by Mata and Alonso [2], and revisited by Grubbs II, et al [3].

 








Calculation of the Cl nqcc tensor in propionyl chloride was made here on an ~re structure given by MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ optimization with empirically corrected equilibrium CCl, C-C, and C=O bond lengths.  These are compared with the experimental nqcc's [3] in Tables 1 and 2.  Structure parameters are given in Table 3, rotational constants in Table 4.

 








In Tables 1 and 2, 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 c-axis.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

RMS is the root measn square difference between calculated and experimental diagonal nqcc's (percent of the average of the absolute experimental nqcc's).  RSD is the residual standard deviation of the calibration of the computional model for calculation of the nqcc's.

 








 








   







Table 1.  35Cl nqcc's in CH3CH2C(=O)Cl (MHz).  Calculation was made on the ~re molecular structure.
   










Calc.
Expt. [3]
   







35Cl Xaa - 48.92 - 49.0673(37)


Xbb
27.11
26.4986(55)


Xcc
21.81
22.5687(40)


|Xab|
30.94
29.94(57)

 







RMS
0.57 (1.7 %)




RSD
0.49 (1.1 %)



 







Xxx
38.11
36.92(35)


Xyy
21.81
22.569(4)


Xzz - 59.92 - 59.49(35)


ETA - 0.272 - 0.2413(61)


Øz,a
19.57
19.20


Øa,CCl
19.94




Øz,CCl
  0.37



 







 








 








   







Table 2.  37Cl nqcc's in CH3CH2C(=O)Cl (MHz).  Calculation was made on the ~re molecular structure.
   










Calc.
Expt. [3]
   







37Cl Xaa - 38.85 - 38.9625(51)


Xbb
21.66
21.1725(80)


Xcc
17.19
17.7900(61)


|Xab|
24.02
23.75(40)

 







RMS
0.45 (1.7 %)




RSD
0.44 (1.1 %)



 







Xxx
30.04




Xyy
17.19




Xzz - 47.22




ETA - 0.272




Øz,a
19.23




Øa,CCl
19.60




Øz,CCl
  0.37



 







 








 








 




Table 3.  Propionyl Chloride.  Heavy atom structure parameters, ~re (Å and degrees).  The complete structure is given here in Z-matrix format.
 


Cs

  ~r


ClC(8) 1.7984
C(8)O 1.1832
C(8)C(1) 1.4990
C(1)C(2) 1.5171
C(1)C(8)Cl 111.53
C(1)C(8)O 127.94
C(2)C(1)C(8) 112.19





 








 












Table 4.  Propionyl Chloride.  Rotational Constants (MHz).  35Cl species.
 




  ~r   Expt. [3]





A 8877.8 8854.7845(14)

B 2398.0 2377.94361(37)

C 1932.6 1918.68343(24)


 








 








[1] H.Karlsson, J.Mol.Struct. 33,227(1976).

[2] F.Mata and J.L.Alonso, J.Mol.Struct. 56,199(1979).

[3] G.S.Grubbs II, R.A.Powoski, D.Jojola, and S.A.Cooke, J.Phys.Chem. A 114,8009(2010). 

 








 








HC(=O)Cl CH3C(=O)Cl (CH3)3C-C(=O)Cl FC(=O)Cl

ClCH2C(=O)F BrCH2C(=O)Cl FCH2C(=O)Cl HCCC(=O)Cl

ClCH2C(=O)Cl s-t-CH2=CHC(=O)Cl





 








 








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