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Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in gauche-Isobutyl Chloride


 








 








 








Calculation of the chlorine nqcc's in gauche-isobutyl chloride was made on approximate equilibrium structures given by MP2 optimization in conjunction with Pople-type bases with empirical correction for the CH, C-C, and CCl bond lengths (~ re); and on a structure given by MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ optimization with and without empirical correction of bond lengths.  These are compared with the experimental nqcc's of Niide and Ohkoshi [1] in Tables 1 - 4.  Structure parameters are given in Table 5, rotational constants in Table 6.

 








In Tables 1 - 4, subscripts a,b,c refer to the principal axes of the inertia tensor; x,y,z to the principal axes of the nqcc tensor.  Øz,CCl (degrees) is the angle between the principal z-axis of the nqcc tensor and the CCl bond axis.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

RMS is the root mean square difference between calculated and experimental diagonal nqcc's.  RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation of the B1LYP/TZV(3df,3p) model for calculation of the chlorine nqcc's.

 









 







 
   








Table 1.  35Cl nqcc's in gauche-isobutyl chloride (MHz).  Calculation was made on the ~ re structure, with interatomic angles given by (1) MP2/6-311+G(d,p) and (2) MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) optimizations.
   










Calc/~ re(1)
Calc/~ re(2)
Expt. [1]
   








Xaa - 47.60 - 48.21 - 51.6(54)

Xbb
19.12
18.94
16.9(28)

Xcc
28.48
29.27
34.7(60)

Xab
36.87
37.04



Xac -
23.67 -
22.13



Xbc
11.20
10.59



 







RMS
4.4 (13.0 %)
3.9 (11.3 %)



RSD
0.49 (1.1 %) 0.49 (1.1 %)


 







Xxx
34.81
34.63



Xyy
36.05
36.02



Xzz - 70.86 - 70.65



ETA
0.0176
0.0197



Øz,CCl
0.78
0.59



 








 








 








   








Table 2.  35Cl nqcc's in gauche-isobutyl chloride (MHz).  Calculation was made on the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ ropt  and ~ re structures.

   










Calc/ropt
Calc/~ re
Expt. [1]
   








Xaa - 47.93 - 47.81 - 51.6(54)

Xbb
18.73
18.68
16.9(28)

Xcc
29.20
29.13
34.7(60)

Xab
37.33
37.29



Xac -
22.29 -
22.27



Xbc
10.74
10.74



 







RMS
4.0 (11.5 %)
4.0 (11.7 %)



RSD
0.49 (1.1 %) 0.49 (1.1 %)


 







Xxx
34.70
34.65



Xyy
36.06
36.00



Xzz - 70.76 - 70.65



ETA
0.0191
0.0191



Øz,CCl
0.65
0.66



 




























   








Table 3.  37Cl nqcc's in gauche-isobutyl chloride (MHz).  Calculation was made on the ~ re structure, with interatomic angles given by (1) MP2/6-311+G(d,p) and (2) MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) optimizations.
   










Calc/~ re(1)
Calc/~ re(2)
Expt. [1]
   








Xaa - 37.55 - 38.03 - 39.3(99)

Xbb
15.07
14.93
14.3(77)

Xcc
22.48
23.10
25.0(125)

Xab
29.07
29.20



Xac -
18.59 -
17.37



Xbc
  8.80
  8.32



 







RMS
1.8 (7.0 %)
1.4 (5.2 %)



RSD
0.49 (1.1 %) 0.49 (1.1 %)


 








 


















   








Table 4.  37Cl nqcc's in gauche-isobutyl chloride (MHz).  Calculation was made on the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ ropt  and ~ re structures.
   










Calc/ropt
Calc/~ re
Expt. [1]
   








Xaa - 37.80 - 37.71 - 39.3(99)

Xbb
14.76
14.72
14.3(77)

Xcc
23.04
23.00
25.0(125)

Xab
29.44
29.40



Xac -
17.50 -
17.49



Xbc
  8.43
  8.43



 







RMS
1.4 (5.5 %)
1.5 (5.7 %)



RSD
0.49 (1.1 %) 0.49 (1.1 %)


 


















 








 


Table 5(a). gauche-isobutyl chloride.  Heavy atom structure parameters, ~ re(1) and ~ re(2) (Å and degrees).   Complete structures are given here in Z-matrix format.
~ re(1) is ~ re bond lengths with MP2/6-311+G(d,p) interatomic angles,  ~ re(2) is ~ re bond lengths with MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) angles.
 




~ re(1) ~ re(2)

 

C(2)C(3) 1.5153 1.5153
C(2)C(4) 1.5232 1.5232
C(2)C(5) 1.5197 1.5197
C(3)Cl 1.7870 1.7870
C(4)C(2)C(3) 108.67 108.19
C(5)C(2)C(3) 111.84 111.98
C(4)C(2)C(5) 110.80 110.88
C(2)C(3)Cl 112.26 112.70
 





 








 


Table 5(b). gauche-isobutyl chloride.  Heavy atom structure parameters, MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ ropt and ~ re(2) (Å and degrees).   Complete structures are given here in Z-matrix format.
 




  ropt ~ re

 

C(2)C(3) 1.5176 1.5157
C(2)C(4) 1.5268 1.5245
C(2)C(5) 1.5224 1.5202
C(3)Cl 1.7916 1.7883
C(4)C(2)C(3) 108.30 108.30
C(5)C(2)C(3) 111.67 111.67
C(4)C(2)C(5) 110.85 110.85
C(2)C(3)Cl 112.28 112.28
 














 





Table 6.  Rotational Constants (MHz).  35Cl Species.









MP2/Pople  
MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ



~ re(1) ~ re(2)  ropt  ~ re Expt. [1]








A 7628 7626 7622
7640
7498.57(62)

B 2166 2166 2165
2172
2146.321(16)

C 1814 1812 1811
1817
1793.715(9)
 








 


[1]  Y.Niide and I.Ohkoshi, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 146,334(1991).


 








 




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