(CH2CH3)2N-C(=O)CH3















 









Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in N,N-Diethylacetamide


 


















The microwave spectrum of each of the following conformers of N,N-diethylacetamide was observed and assigned by Kannengiesser et al. [1].






















Conformer I


Conformer II







EI  <  EII



























Calculation of the nitrogen nqcc tensor in each conformer was made here on ropt molecular structure given by B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) and HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) optimization.  These are compared with the experimental nqcc's [1] 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; x,y,z to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters.


RMS is the root mean square difference between calculated and experimental diagonal nqcc's (percentage of the average of the magnitudes of the experimental nqcc's).  RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of nitrogen efg's/nqcc's.

 








 








 








Table 1.  14N nqcc's in N,N-Diethylacetamide, conformer I (MHz).  Calculation was made on (1) B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) and (2) HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) optimized structures.
 










Calc (1)

Calc (2)

  Expt. [1]
 








Xaa
1.101

1.144

1.06868(58)


Xbb - Xcc
5.055

5.065

5.07830(82)


Xbb

1.977

1.961

2.00483 *


Xcc -
3.078
-
3.105
-
3.07351 *


Xab -
0.119
-
0.018




Xac
2.675

2.712




Xbc
0.121
-
0.053













RMS
0.025 (1.2 %)

0.054 (2.6 %)

 

RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)
0.030 (1.3 %)












Xxx
1.975

1.958



Xyy
2.412

2.468



Xzz -
4.387
- 4.426



ETA
0.100

0.115



Øz,n**
0.70

0.65













 









* Calculated here from experimental Xaa and Xbb - Xcc

** Angle between normal to C(2)C(5)C(7) plane (see below) and z-principal axis of the nqcc tensor.


 








 








 








Table 2.  14N nqcc's in N,N-Diethylacetamide, conformer II (MHz).  Calculation was made on (1) B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) and (2) HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) optimized structures.
 










Calc (1)

Calc (2)

  Expt. [1]
 








Xaa
1.486

1.444

1.49797(61)


Xbb - Xcc
6.145

6.280

6.2522(11)


Xbb

2.329

2.418

2.3771 *


Xcc -
3.815
-
3.862
-
3.8751 *


Xab -
0.233
-
0.187




Xac -
1.720
-
1.732




Xbc -
0.396
-
0.319













RMS
0.045 (1.7 %)

0.039 (1.5 %)

 

RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)
0.030 (1.3 %)












Xxx
1.964

1.944




Xyy
2.391

2.452




Xzz -
4.355
-
4.396




ETA
0.0980

0.116




Øz,n**
0.19

0.34














 









* Calculated here from experimental Xaa and Xbb - Xcc

** Angle between normal to C(2)C(5)C(7) plane (see below) and z-principal axis of the nqcc tensor.

 









 







Table 3.  N,N-Diethyacetamide.  Selected structure parametersropt (Å and degrees).  Optimized structures (1) B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) and (2) HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd).  Complete structures are given here is Z-matrix format.











Conformer I






ropt (1) ropt (2)





C(2)N 1.3637 1.3528

C(5)N 1.4520 1.4511

C(7)N 1.4571 1.4568

C(2)NC(5) 124.53 124.49

C(5)NC(7) 117.52 117.24

C(7)NC(2) 117.94 118.25























Conformer II






ropt (1) ropt (2)





C(2)N 1.3643
1.3537

C(5)N 1.4516
1.4512

C(7)N 1.4599
1.4595

C(2)NC(5) 124.57
124.35

C(5)NC(7) 118.18
117.92

C(7)NC(2) 117.20
117.59





Note:  The extent to which the three CNC angles sum to 360o is the extent to which the N atom is co-planar with C(2)C(5)C(7).










 














Table 4.  N,N-Diethyacetamide.  Rotational Constants (MHz).  Calculation was made on the (1) B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) and (2) HF/6-311++G(3df,3pd) optimized structures.








Calc (1)
Calc (2)     Expt [1]







Conf. I
A
  2056
  2083
2065.94325(15)


B
  1963
  1960
1946.434197(70)


C
  1159
  1163
1157.141719(42)







Conf. II A
  2212
  2196
2181.25231(20)


B
  1917
  1938
1933.673393(99)


C
  1186
  1187
1191.944060(91)




 








 









[1]  R.Kannengiesser, S.Klahm, H.V.L.Nguyen, A.Lüchow, and W.Stahl, J.Chem.Phys. 141,204308(2014).


R.Kannengiesser, H.V.L.Nguyen, and W.Stahl, Abstract WD02, The 23rd International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Bologna, Italy, Sept. 2-6, 2014.


 








 








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