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Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in 3,3,3-Trifluoropropionyl Chloride



 








 








 








Calculation of the chlorine nqcc's in 3,3,3-trifluoropropionyl chloride was made on an approximate equilibrium structure derived by MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ optimization with empirically corrected bond lengths.  These calculated nqcc's are compared with the experimental values [1] in Table 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.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

RMS is the root mean square difference between calculated and experimental diagonal nqcc's (percent of average experimental nqcc's).  RSD is the calibration residual standard deviation for the B1LYP/TZV(3df,2p) model for calculation of the chlorine nqcc's, which may be taken as an estimate of the uncertainty in the calculated coupling constants.

 








 








   







Table 1. Chlorine nqcc's in CF3CH2C(=O)Cl (MHz).  Calculation was made on the approximate equilibrium structure.

   










Calc.
Expt. [1]
   







35Cl Xaa - 43.28 - 43.9356(48)



Xbb
20.99

20.8327(65)



Xcc
22.29
23.1119(44)



|Xab|
38.90
37.891(49)


 







RMS

0.61 (2.1 %)





RSD
0.49 (1.1 %)



 







Xxx
39.31
38.293(38)



Xyy
22.29
23.1119(44)



Xzz - 61.60 -
61.396(37)



ETA - 0.276 -
0.24726(64)



Øz,a
25.22




Øa,CCl
25.56




Øz,CCl
  0.34



   





37Cl Xaa - 34.45




Xbb
16.88





Xcc
17.57




|Xab|
30.37



 







RMS

0.49 (2.1 %)





RSD
0.44 (1.1 %)



 







 








 








 

Table 2.  CF3CH2C(=O)Cl Selected structure parameters (Å and degrees).  Complete structure is given here in Z-matix format.
 


Parameter
 reapprox


C(2)C(1) 1.5086
C(1)C(8) 1.5034
C(1)=O 1.1811
C(8)Cl 1.7847
C(2)C(1)C(8) 113.29
C(1)C(8)=O 128.08
C(1)C(8)Cl 110.22


 








 













Table 3.  CF3CH2C(=O)35Cl Rotational Constants (MHz).  Calc is on the reapprox molecular structure.
 







  Calc.
  Expt. [1]







A
3646.7
3637.61878(33)


B
  919.3
  911.41286(16)


C
  846.8
  840.62766(11)



 









 









[1] W.C.Bailey, R.A.Powoski, and S.A.Cooke, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 273,1(2012).


 








 








CH3CH2C(=O)Cl
g-CHF2CF2C(=O)Cl CF3CF2C(=O)Cl


 








 








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