Chlorine













Calibration of the






B1LYP/TZV(3df,2p)






model












This is the recommended model, calibration statistics for which are shown below.













Calibration was made by linear regression analysis of calculated electric field gradients vs experimental nuclear quadrupole coupling constants.  Calculations of the field gradients were made on the equilibrium structures of the following molecules:





 
HCl FCl ClBr BCl
ClCN ClBS HCCCl CH3Cl
CH2Cl2 GeH3Cl SiH2Cl2 ClF3
HCOCl FCOCl OCCl2 HOCl
H2C=CCl2 CHCl3 Cl2O ClO2
c-ClHC=CHF FClO2

 













Figure 1.  PDF   Calculated efg's vs experimental nqcc's.













35Cl  Calibration






 


Number of Points
66




Correlation Coefficient
0.99996




Residual Standard Deviation
0.49 MHz (1.1 %)




Slope, eQeff/h
-19.166(21) MHz/a.u.




Qeff -81.568(91) mb




Q
-81.65(80) mb [1]


 






Qeff differs from Q by 0.10 %.  Using Qeff for conversion of the calculated efg's to nqcc's yields for these 22 molecules a root mean square (RMS) difference between calculated and experimental nqcc's of 0.481 MHz.  Essentially the same RMS difference is obtained using Q, namely 0.484 MHz.  Therefore, for calculation of the chlorine nqcc's (both isotopes), we use eQ/h rather than eQeff/h:  that is, for 35Cl, eQ/h = -19.185 MHz/a.u., and for 37Cl, -15.120 MHz/a.u.












37Cl  Calibration





 


Number of Points
51 *




Correlation Coefficient
0.99996




Residual Standard Deviation
0.44 MHz (1.1 %)




Slope, eQeff/h
-15.106(20) MHz/a.u.




Qeff -64.292(86) mb




Q
-64.35(64) mb [1]










* No experimental nqcc's for BCl, CH2Cl2, CH2CCl2, SiH2Cl2, and Cl2O.

 













Reference






[1] P.Pyykkö and J.Li, 1992 Nuclear Quadrupole Moments, Report HUKI 1-92, ISSN 0784-0365.












"Nuclear quadrupole coupling constants in alkali halide molecules: an ab initio quantum chemical study" G.B.Bacskay and A.D.Buckingham, Mol.Phys. 91,391(1997).












"Halogen Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants: Comparison of ab initio Calculations which include Correlation with Experiment" M.H.Palmer, J.A.Blair-Fish, P.Sherwood, and M.F.Guest, Z.Naturforsch. 53a,383(1998).




















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