1,3-Chlorofluorobenzene




 









Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in 1,3-Chlorofluorobenzene


 







 
 
35Cl nqcc's in 1,3-chlorofluorobenzene were first determined in 1973 by Kirty and Srivastava [1], and redetermined in 1994 by molecular beam Fourier Transform microwave spectroscopy by Onda et al. [2].
 
Chlorine nqcc's were calculated here on a molecular structure determined by B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimization.  These calculated nqcc's are compared with the experimental values in Table 1.  Structure parameters and atomic coordinates are given in Tables 2 and 3, respectively.
 
In Table 1, RMS is the root mean square difference between calculated and experimental 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 nqcc's.
 
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 plane.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

 







 
   







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










Calc.
Expt. [2]
   






35Cl Xaa - 61.72 - 61.3242(33)
Xbb 28.80 28.1056(27)
Xcc 32.92 33.2186(60)
|Xab| 33.19 32.989(25)
 
RMS 0.49 (1.2 %)
RSD 0.49 (1.1 %)
 
Xxx 39.66 38.9588(26)
Xyy 32.92 33.2186(60)
Xzz - 72.58 - 72.1774(34)
ETA - 0.093 - 0.080
Øz,a 18.13 18.21
Øa,CCl 18.19 18.19 *
Øz,CCl   0.06   0.02 *
   
37Cl Xaa - 49.04
Xbb 23.09
Xcc 25.94
|Xab|
25.61
 
RSD 0.44 (1.1 %)
 
 
* Calculated here.
 
 
The nqcc z-axis makes an angle of 0.06o with the CCl bond axis.  In 1,3-dichlorobenzene, this angle is 0.09o.  On the other hand, in 1,2-chlorofluorobenzene and 1,2-dichlorobenzene, this angle is1.07o and 1.21o respectively.  (Calculated nqcc's, ropt structures.)
 
 
Table 2.  Molecular structure parameters, ropt (Å and degrees).
 
C(1)Cl(1) 1.7333

C(3)F(3) 1.3406
C(1)C(2) 1.3891
C(2)C(3) 1.3849
C(3)C(4) 1.3845
C(4)C(5) 1.3898
C(5)C(6) 1.3899
C(6)C(1) 1.3899
C(2)H(2) 1.0822
C(4)H(4) 1.0830
C(5)H(5) 1.0844
C(6)H(6) 1.0825
C(6)C(1)C(2) 121.60
C(1)C(2)C(3) 117.61
C(2)C(3)C(4) 122.74
C(3)C(4)C(5) 118.11
C(4)C(5)C(6) 121.07
C(5)C(6)C(1) 118.87
C(2)C(1)Cl(1) 118.93
C(2)C(3)F(3) 118.29
C(1)C(2)H(2) 121.86
C(1)C(6)H(6) 119.98
C(3)C(4)H(4) 119.79
C(6)C(5)H(5) 119.41
 
For comparison with the optimized structure,  the B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimized structure of benzene is CC = 1.3909 Å and CH = 1.0851 Å.
 
 
Table 3. Atomic Coordinates, ropt
(More figures are shown than are significant.)
  a (Å)   b (Å)
Cl(1) 2.457696 - 0.463654
F(3) - 2.505518 - 1.305481
C(1) 0.811078 0.077491
C(2) - 0.206880 - 0.867722
C(3) - 1.512245 - 0.405094
C(4) - 1.829071 0.942678
C(5) - 0.785556 1.860684
C(6) 0.539302 1.440560
H(2) - 0.000034 - 1.929936
H(4) 1.251441 - 2.867094
H(5) - 1.007757 2.922064
H(6) 2.154358 1.353138
 
 

[1] K.K.Kirty and S.L.Srivastava, Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys. 11,293(1973).
[2] M.Onda, T.Odaka, H.Miyazaki, M.Mori, I.Yamaguchi, and Y.Niide, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 165,426(1994).

 







 

Chlorobenzene 1,2-Dichlorobenzene

1,3-Dichlorobenzene 1,2-Chlorofluorobenzene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 1,4-Chlorofluorobenzene
cis-2-Chlorophenol trans-2-Chlorophenol
 

 








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