CH3CH2-O-C(=O)NH2
















 








Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Ethyl Carbamate (urethane)



 








 








 








Calculation was made of the nitrogen nqcc's on MP2/6-311+G(3df,3pd) optimized structures of each of the conformers shown below.  Calculated and experimental (for conformer II [1]) nqcc's are compared in Table 1.  Structure parameters are given here in Z-matrix format.  Rotational constants are given in Table 2.


 








Conformer IIa


Conformer IIb






































In Table 1, 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 the nitrogen 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.  ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.

 








 








   









Table 1. Nitrogen nqcc's in Urethane (MHz).  Calculation was made on conformers IIa and IIb.

   












Calc IIa

Calc IIb
Expt. [1]
   









14N Xaa
1.458
2.151

1.8921(11)


Xbb
1.853
2.018

1.8922(22)


Xcc -
3.311 -
4.169
-
3.7843(11)


Xab
-
0.153 -
0.210





Xac
- 2.243
1.062





Xbc
- 1.051 -
0.269




 









RMS
0.37 (14.7 %)
0.28 (11.0 %)





RSD
0.030 (1.3 %)
0.030 (1.3 %)



 









Xxx
1.896
1.884





Xyy
2.476
2.467





Xzz - 4.372 -
4.351





ETA
0.133
0.134




 









 








 













Table 2.  Urethane.  Rotational constants (MHz).
 





Calc IIa
Calc IIb
Expt. / Conf. II [1]






A
7588.3
7519.2
7565.417996(90)

B
2446.8
2454.8
2414.784375(28)

C
2135.2
2148.9
2116.375036(34)


 








 








[1] R.A.Moyiyenko, M.Goubet, J.Habinshuti, T.H.Huet, E.A.Alekseev, P.Asselin, and P.Soulard, 62nd OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, 2007, Abstract WG14.


 









K.M.Marstokk and H.M.Møllendal, Acta Chem.Scand. 53,329(1999).

 









 









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Methylcarbamate






 








 








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