C6H5-CHCH-CN


 








 








 








Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Phenylvinylnitrile


 








 








 








Calculation of the N nqcc tensors in Z- and E-phenylvinylnitrile was made here on molecular structures of optimized at the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) level of theory.  These nqcc's are compared with the experimental values [1] in Tables 1 and 2.  Rotational constants are given in Table 3.

 









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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.  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 residual standard deviation of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of the coupling constants.

 








 








 
 






Table 1. 14N nqcc's in Z-Phenylvinylnitrile (MHz).  Calculation was made on the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) opt structure.
 
 









Calc
 Expt [1]
 
 






14N Xaa
1.087
1.147(30)


Xbb - Xcc -
5.177
-
5.291(12)



Xbb -
3.132 -
3.219(16) *



Xcc
2.045
2.072(16) *



|Xab|
2.343












RMS

0.063 (2.9 %)





RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)




 






Xxx
2.130




Xyy
2.045




Xzz - 4.175




ETA - 0.0204




Øz,a
66.00




Øa,CN
64.90





Øz,CN
  1.10





 






 








* Derived here from experimental Xaa and Xbb - Xcc.


 









 









 
 






Table 2. 14N nqcc's in E-Phenylvinylnitrile (MHz).  Calculation was made on the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) opt structure.
 
 









Calc
Expt [1]
 
 






14N Xaa -
3.766 -
3.839(123)


Xbb - Xcc -
0.030
-
0.192(4)



Xbb
1.868
1.824(61) *



Xcc
1.898
2.015(61) *



|Xab|
1.585




 






RMS

0.084 (3.3 %)





RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)




 






Xxx
2.283




Xyy
1.898




Xzz - 4.181




ETA - 0.0920




Øz,a
14.68




Øa,CN
14.08





Øz,CN
  0.60





 






 








* Derived here from experimental Xaa and Xbb - Xcc.

 









 



Table 3.  Phenylvinylnitrile.  Rotational Constants (MHz).  Calc is on the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) opt structure.

 


              _____________Z_______________

 



 Calc   Expt [1]

 


A 3169.9 3122.8826(13)

B   870.4
  873.25109(62)

C   682.9
  683.73089(43)

 


              _______________E_________________

 


A 5144.9 5102.4108(20)

B   609.6
  607.51435(69)

C   545.0
  543.21036(62)






 








 








[1]  A.O.Hernandez-Castillo,  C.Abeysekera,  B.M.Hays , and T.S.Zwier, J.Chem.Phys. 145,114203(2016).  NOTE: The expt nqcc's given in Tables 1 and 2 differ from those given in this paper.  These have been corrected and obtained by private communication with T.S.Zwier.


 








 








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