Phenanthridine
 

 








Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants

in Phenanthridine


 







 
 
Nitrogen nqcc's in phenanthridine were determined by McNaughton et al. [1].
 
Calculation of the 14N nqcc's in phenanthridine was made here on molecular structures derived by B3P86/6-31G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) optimizations.  Calculated and experimental nqcc's are compared in Table 1.  Structure parameters are given in Table 2.  Rotational constants are compared 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.  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 of the B3PW91/6-311+G(df,pd) model for calculation of nitrogen nqcc's.
 
 
   







Table 1.   14N nqcc's in Phenanthridine (MHz).  Calculation was made on (1) B3P86/6-31G(d,p) and (2) B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) optimized structures.
   








Calc. (1)

Calc. (2)
Expt. [1]
   






Xaa - 0.559 - 0.565 - 0.6054(89)
Xbb - 2.636 - 2.627 - 2.5829(54)
Xcc 3.195 3.192 3.1883
|Xab| 2.938 2.962 3.046(293)
 
RMS 0.041 (1.9 %) 0.034 (1.6 %)
RSD 0.030 (1.3 %) 0.030 (1.3 %)
 
Xxx 1.518 1.540
Xyy 3.195 3.192
Xzz - 4.713 - 4.732
ETA 0.356 0.349
Øz,a 54.73 54.60
Øa,bi 59.82 59.86
Øz,bi*   5.09   5.26
 
 
* Angle between the principal z-axis of the nqcc tensor and the bisector ( bi ) of the CNC angle.
The z-axis tilts 5.09o / 5.26o away from the external bisector and toward C(9).
 
 
Table 2.   Phenanthridine.  NC bond lengths and CNC angle (Å and degrees).  Complete structure parameters are given here in Z-matrix format.
 
  ropt (1)  B3P86/6-31G(d,p)
ropt (2)  B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)
 
ropt (1) ropt (2)

 
C(7)N 1.2976 1.2967
NC(9) 1.3789 1.3829
C(7)NC(9) 117.80 118.03
 
 
 
 
Table 3.  Phenanthridine.  Rotational Constants (MHz).  Normal Species.
 
ropt (1) = B3P86/6-31G(d,p) optimization.
ropt (2) = B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) optimization.
  Calc. ropt (1) Calc. ropt (2)    Expt. [1]
A     1651.5     1648.4 1642.457218(32)
B       558.8       556.9   557.7346992(224)
C       417.5       416.2   416.5095420(174)
 
 
[1] D.McNaughton, P.D.Godfrey, R.D.Brown, S.Thornwirth, and J.-U.Grabow, Astrophys.J. 678,309(2008); Abstract 33, HRMS, 20th Colloquium, Dijon, France, 2007; D.McNaughton, P.D.Godfrey, R.D.Brown, and S.Thornwirth, PCCP 9,591(2007).
 

 








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