(CH3)3C-C(=O)Cl





 





 





 





 





 









Chlorine


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Pivaloyl Chloride


 








 








 








The complete chlorine nqcc tensors in pivaloyl chloride have been determined by Grubbs II, et al. [1].  Calculation was made here of the nqcc tensors on approximate equilibrium (~ re) structures derived as described here.  Calculated and experimental nqcc's are compared 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 (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, which may be taken as an estimate of the uncertainty in the calculated nqcc's.

 








  








   








Table 1.  Chlorine nqcc's in (CH3)3C-C(=O)Cl (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) optimization.

 









Calc (1)
Calc (2)
Expt. [1]
   








Xaa(35Cl) - 33.04 - 33.05 - 33.1906(29)

Xbb
11.01
11.10
10.7040

Xcc
22.03
21.95
22.486638(501)

|Xab|
43.95
43.82
43.590(245)

 







RMS
0.33 (1.5 %)
0.39 (1.8 %)



RSD
0.49 (1.1 %)
0.49 (1.1 %)



 







Xxx
38.15
38.09



Xyy
22.03
21.95



Xzz - 60.18 - 60.04



ETA - 0.268 - 0.269



Øz,a
31.69
31.63



Øa,CCl
33.27
33.34



Øz,CCl
  1.58
  1.71



 







Xaa(37Cl) - 26.73 - 26.74 - 26.8353(23)

Xbb
  9.37
  9.44
  9.1115

Xcc
17.36
17.30
17.72381(401)

|Xab|
34.28
34.18
33.789(295)

 







RMS
0.26 (1.5 %)
0.32 (1.8 %)



RSD
0.44 (1.1 %)
0.44 (1.1 %)



 







   








 












Table 2.  Pivaloyl Chloride.  Heavy atom structure parameters, ~ re with interatomic angles given by (1) MP2/6-311+G(d,p) and (2) MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) optimization (Å and degrees).  The complete structures are given here in Z-matrix (G03 input) format.
 


Point Group Cs
~ re(1) ~ re(2)





ClC(2) 1.8097 1.8097
C(2)O 1.1856 1.1856
C(2)C(4) 1.5133 1.5133
C(4)C(5) 1.5237 1.5237
C(4)C(6,7) 1.5277 1.5277
ClC(2)O 119.35 118.98
ClC(2)C(4) 113.59 113.56
C(2)C(4)C(5) 107.66 107.49
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C(2)C(4)C(6,7) 109.50 109.48


 








 













Table 3.  Pivaloyl Chloride.  Rotational constants (MHz).  35Cl species.
 



 
~ re(1) ~ re(2)    Expt. [1]






A 3 004.6 3 003.1 2 977.99378(82)

B 1 727.5 1 728.4 1 708.71195(33)

C 1 441.6 1 442.0 1 430.038196(182)


 








 








[1] G.S.Grubbs II, C.T.Dewberry, K.C.Etchison, M.M.Serafin, S.A.Peebles, and S.A.Cooke, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 251,378(2008).

 








 








HC(=O)Cl FC(=O)Cl CH3C(=O)Cl CH2BrC(=O)Cl

CH2FC(=O)Cl HCCC(=O)Cl syn-trans-CH2=CH-C(=O)Cl

 








 








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