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Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in n-Butyl Cyanide anti-gauche


 








 








 








Calculations of the nitrogen nqcc's in the anti-gauche conformer of n-butyl cyanide were made on molecular structures derived by (1) MP2/6-311+G(d,p) and (2) MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) optimization each with empirically corrected approximate equilibrium bond lengths; by (3) MP2/6-311+G(3df,3pd) optimization with empirically corrected approximate equilibrium bond lengths, and (4) MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ optimization with empirically corrected approximate equilibrium bond lengths.  These nqcc's are compared in Tables 1 and 2 with the experimental values of Bohn, et al. [1].  Structure parameters are given in Table 3, rotational constants in Table 4.

 








In Tables 1 and 2, subscripts a,b,c refer to principal axes of the inertia tensor, subscripts x,y,z to principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  Øz,CN (degrees) is the angle between the z-principal axis and the CN bond direction. 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.

 








 








   








Table 1. 14N nqcc's in n-Butyl Cyanide, anti-gauche (MHz).  Calculation was made on structures (1) MP2/6-311+G(d,p) and (2) MP2/6-311+G(2d,p), each with approximate MP2/6-311+G(d,p) equilibrium bond lengths.
   










Calc (1)

Calc (2)
Expt. [1]
   








Xaa - 3.709 - 3.692 - 3.645(3)

Xbb
1.943
1.961
1.988(3)

Xcc
1.766
1.730
1.657(4)

|Xab|
0.938
0.875



|Xac| - 1.405 - 1.476



|Xbc|
0.189
1.730



 







RMS
0.078 (3.2 %)
0.053 (2.2 %)



RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)
0.030 (1.3 %)



 







Xxx
2.136
2.137



Xyy
2.062
2.061



Xzz - 4.197 - 4.197



ETA - 0.018 - 0.018



Øz,CN
  0.38
  0.24



 







   








 








   








Table 2. 14N nqcc's in n-Butyl Cyanide, anti-gauche (MHz).  Calculation was made on structures (3) MP2/6-311+G(3df,3pd) and (4) MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ, each with approximate equilibrium bond lengths.
   










Calc (3)

Calc (4)
Expt. [1]
   








Xaa - 3.667 - 3.670 - 3.645(3)

Xbb
1.960
1.961
1.988(3)

Xcc
1.707
1.708
1.657(4)

|Xab|
0.864
0.867
0.867(36) *

|Xac| - 1.524 - 1.522 - 1.522(36) *

|Xbc|
0.195
0.194
0.194(36) *

 







RMS
0.035 (1.4 %)
0.036 (1.5 %)



RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)
0.030 (1.3 %)



 







Xxx
2.132
2.133
2.134(30) **

Xyy
2.064
2.065
2.045(30)

Xzz - 4.196 - 4.198 - 4.179(20)

ETA - 0.016 - 0.016 - 0.021(10)

Øz,CN
  0.34
  0.39



 








 








* Calc (4) value.  Uncertainity arbitrarily assumed to be 1*RMS.


** Calculated here using Kisiel's QDIAG.f program.

 








 




Table 3.  n-Butyl Cyanide, anti-gauche.  Heavy atom molecular structure parameters (Å and degrees).  Complete structures are given here in Z-matrix format.
 






  (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)
 



NC(2) 1.1562 1.1562 1.1563 1.1561
C(2)C(3) 1.4610 1.4610 1.4602 1.4597
C(3)C(6) 1.5294 1.5294 1.5297 1.5298
C(6)C(7) 1.5228 1.5228 1.5227 1.5232
C(7)C(8) 1.5208 1.5208 1.5220 1.5226
NC(2)C(3) 178.45 178.75 178.44 178.35
C(2)C(3)C(6) 111.76 111.79 111.55 111.58
C(3)C(6)C(7) 112.55 112.47 112.28 112.24
C(6)C(7)C(8) 113.61 113.68 113.49 113.46
C(3)C(6)C(7)C(8)   62.04   63.18   63.47   63.50


 








 




Table 4.  n-Butyl Cyanide, anti-gauche.  Rotational Constants (MHz).







Calc (1) Calc (2) Calc (3) Calc (4)    Expt. [1]






A 12100.8 12058.7 12007.4 11999.4 11887.4659(17)
B   1505.2   1502.8   1508.2   1508.3   1486.1854(5)
C   1427.5   1427.6   1433.3   1433.3   1415.7621(5)


 








 








[1] R.K.Bohn, J.L.Pardus, J.August, T.Brupbacher, and W.Jäger, J.Mol.Struct. 413-414,293(1997).

 









M.H.Ordu, H.S.P.Müller, A.Walters, M.Nuñez, F.Lewen, A.Belloche, K.M.Menton, and S.Schlemmer, A&A, 541,A121(2012):  Xaa = -3.6437(22), Xbb = 1.9877(21), Xcc = 1.6560(19) MHz

 








 








n-Butyl Cyanide, anti-anti CH3CN


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