GaCl3







 









Gallium and Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Gallium Trichloride


 








 


 




The subscripts x,y,z in Table 1 refer to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  For Cl, the z-axis is coincident with the GaCl bond axis, and the y-axis is perpendicular to the plane of the molecule.

  








   







Table 1. Gallium and Chlorine nqcc's in GaCl3 (MHz).  Calculation was made on the equilibrium molecular structure of Vogt et al. [1].
   










Calc.
Expt.
   







69Ga Xzz 102.92

 



71Ga Xzz   64.86
 
35Cl Xxx   25.49
Xyy   13.75
Xzz - 39.24
 
37Cl Xxx   20.09
Xyy   10.84
Xzz - 30.92
 


 







 
Molecular Structure, re [1] GaCl = 2.100(3) Å

 








 








[1] N.Vogt, A.Haaland, K.-G.Martinsen, and J.Vogt, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 163,515(1994).
 
 

BCl3 GaCl AlCl BCl

 








 








Table of Contents



Molecules/Chlorine
Molecules/Gallium

 








 













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