HOONO


 








Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in cis-cis Peroxynitrous Acid


 







 
 
Calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's in the cis-cis conformer of peroxynitrous acid was made on a molecular structure given by CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ [1]. These calculated nqcc's are compared in Tables 1 and 2 with the experimental values of Fry, et al. [2].  Structure parameters are given in Table 3.
 
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 c-axis, these are perpendicular to the plane of the molecule.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters. ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.
 
RMS is the root mean square difference between calculated and experimental nqcc's (percentage of average experimental nqcc).  RSD is the residual standard deviation of calibration of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of the nqcc's, which may be taken as an estimate of the uncertainty in the calculated nqcc's.
 
 
   







Table 1. Nitrogen nqcc's in cis-cis HOONO (MHz).
   










Calc.
Expt. [2]
   






14N Xaa 1.542 1.4907(25)
Xbb - 4.601 - 4.5990(59)
Xcc 3.058 3.1082(32) *
|Xab| 2.688 3.17(147)
 
RMS 0.041 (1.3 %)
RSD 0.030 (1.3 %)
 
Xxx 2.552
Xyy 3.058
Xzz - 5.610
ETA 0.090
Øz,a 110.60
Øa,bi 129.97
Øz,bi**   19.38
 
   
* Calculated here from the experimental 1.5 Xaa = 2.2361(37) MHz and 0.25 (Xbb - Xcc) = -1.9268(15) MHz using Kisiel's QDIAG.f program.
** The z-principal axis makes an angle of 19.38o with the external bisector ("bi") of the O(3)NO(5) angle (atomic numbering, see figure below) and tilts toward O(3).
 
 
   







Table 2. Nitrogen nqcc's in cis-cis DOONO (MHz).
   










Calc.
Expt. [2]
   






14N Xaa 1.454 0.999(189) *
Xbb - 4.513 - 4.332(109) *
Xcc 3.058 3.333(109) *
|Xab| 2.785
 
RMS 0.325 (11.2 %)
RSD 0.030 (1.3 %)
 
 
* Calculated here from the experimental 1.5 Xaa = 1.498(283) MHz and 0.25 (Xbb - Xcc) = -1.9163(277) MHz using Kisiel's QDIAG.f program.
 
   
Table 3.  cis-cis HOONO.  CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ molecular structure parameters [1] (Å and degrees).
   

HO(2) 0.9823
O(2)O(3) 1.4332
O(3)N 1.3845
NO(5) 1.1917
HO(2)O(3)   99.80
O(2)O(3)N 112.98
O(3)NO(5) 114.39
 
 
 
[1] J.Fry, S.A.Nizkorodov, M.Okumura. C.M.Roehl, J.S.Francisco, and P.O.Wennberg, J.Chem.Phys. 121,1432(2004).
[2] J.Fry, B.J.Drouin, and C.E.Miller, J.Chem.Phys. 124,084304(2006).

 








 








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