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Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in para-Fluorobenzonitrile


 








 








 


 





Calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's in p-fluorobenzonitrile was made here on a molecular structure given by B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimization.  These are compared with the experimental nqcc's of Böttcher and Sutter [1,2] in Table 1.  Structure parameters are given in Table 2, atomic coordinates in Table 3.

 








In Table 1, RMS is the root mean square differene between calculated and experimental nqcc's (percent of average experimental nqcc).  RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of the nqcc's.

 








 








   







Table 1. Nitrogen nqcc's in p-Fluorobenzonitrile (MHz).  Calculation was made on the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) ropt structure.

 









Calc.
Expt. [1]
   







14N Xaa - 4.237 - 4.233(5)


Xbb
2.373
2.337(6)


Xcc
1.864
1.897(6)


ETA * - 0.120



 







RMS
0.028 (1.0 %)




RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)



 







 








* ETA = (Xbb - Xcc)/Xaa = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

 







 
 



Table 2.  p-Fluorobenzonitrile.  Molecular structure parameters, ropt (Å and degrees).
 






CN 1.1583



C(1)C 1.4275



C(1)C(2) 1.3995



C(2)C(3) 1.3853



C(3)C(4) 1.3862



C(2)H(2) 1.0835



C(3)H(3) 1.0832



C(4)F(4) 1.3372



C(6)C(1)C(2) 120.01



C(1)C(2)C(3) 120.15



C(2)C(3)C(4) 118.57



C(3)C(4)C(5) 122.56



C(1)C(2)H(2) 119.59



C(2)C(3)H(3) 121.77


 


For comparison, the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimized molecular structure of benzene is CC = 1.3909 Å and CH = 1.0851 Å.



 








 














Table 3.  p-Fluorobenzonitrile.  Atomic coordinates, ropt.
 







 a (Å)
 b (Å)







N - 3.6584
0.0

C - 2.5002
0.0

C(1) - 1.0726
0.0

C(2,6) - 0.3730 ± 1.2120

C(3,5)
1.0123 ± 1.2156

C(4)
1.6784
0.0

H(2,6) - 0.9215 ± 2.1464

H(3,5)
1.5801 ± 2.1381

F(4)
3.0156
0.0


 








 









[1] O.Böttcher and D.H.Sutter, Z.Naturforsch. 43a,47(1988).

[2] O.Böttcher and D.H.Sutter, Z.Naturforsch. 41a,752(1986).

 









 








Benzonitrile Pentafluorobenzonitrile

o-Fluorobenzonitrile o-Tolunitrile

m-Fluorobenzonitrile m-Tolunitrile

2,3-Difluorobenzonitrile p-Tolunitrile

 








 








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