gauche-CH3CH2CH2Cl



 









Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in gauche-1-Chloropropane


 







 
 
Calculation of the chlorine nqcc's in gauche-1-chloropropane was made on an approximate eqyuilibrium (~ re) molecular structure derived as discussed here. These nqcc's are compared in Table 1 with the experimental values of de Luis et al. [1].  Structure parameters are given in Table 2, rotational  constants in Table 3.
 
In Table 1, subscripts a,b,c refer to the principal axes of the inertia tensor; 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 molecular symmetry plane.  Øz,CCl (degrees) is the angle between the z-principal axis and the CCl bond axis.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.
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 for the B1LYP/TZV(3df,2p) model for calculation of the chlorine nqcc's. 

 







 
 
   







Table 1. Chlorine nqcc's in gauche-1-Chloropropane (MHz).  Calculation was made on the ~ re structure.
   










Calc.
Expt. [1]
   






35Cl Xaa - 19.56 - 19.4384(46)
Xbb - 10.70 - 10.7114 *
Xcc 30.26 30.1498 *
|Xab| 50.34 ** 49.5(13)
|Xac| 16.29 15.12(88)
|Xbc| 15.79 17.6(45)
 
RMS 0.10 (0.48 %)
RSD 0.49 (1.1 %)
 
Xxx 34.75
Xyy 36.01
Xzz - 70.76
ETA 0.018
Øz,CCl 0.82
   
37Cl Xaa - 15.94 - 15.8473(44)
Xbb - 7.96 - 7.9701 ***
Xcc 23.90 23.8174 ***
|Xab| 39.65 ** 39.7(18)
|Xac| 12.83 12.0(12)
|Xbc| 12.29 12.5(66)
 
RMS 0.08 (0.48 %)
RSD 0.44 (1.1 %)
 

 
* Derived here from Xaa and Xbb - Xcc = - 40.8612(80) MHz [1].
** The algebraic sign of the product XabXacXbc is negative.
*** Derived here from Xaa and Xbb - Xcc = - 31.7875(90) MHz [1].
 
 
Table 2. gauche-1-Chloropropane.  Heavy atom structure parameters, ~ re with interatomic angles given by MP2/6-311+G(d,p) optimization (A and degrees).  The complete structure is given here in Z-matrix format.
 
ClC(1) 1.7890
C(1)C(2) 1.5127
C(2)C(3) 1.5190
ClC(1)C(2) 111.66
C(1)C(2)C(3) 113.41
ClC(1)C(2)C(3)   65.57
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Table 3.  gauche-1-Chloropropane.  Rotational Constants (MHz).  35Cl species.
 
Calc. ~ re      Expt. [1]
A 11 967.5 11 829.85702(97)
B   3 352.6   3 322.59449(28)
C   2 884.1   2 853.02674(29)
 
 

[1] A.de Luis, M.E.Sanz, F.J.Lorenzo, J.C.López, and J.L.Alonso, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 184,60(1997).

 








 







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