CH3CH2NC





 








Nitrogen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in Ethyl Isocyanide


 







 
 
Calculation of the nitrogen nqcc's in ethyl isocyanide was made on a structure obtained by B3P86/6-32G(3d,3p) optimization.  These are compared in Table 1 with the experimental nqcc's of Fliege and Dreizler [1].  Structure parameters are given in Table 2.
 
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.  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.
 
 
   







Table 1. Nitrogen nqcc's in CH3CH2NC (MHz).  Calculation was made on B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) optimized structure.
   










Calc.
Expt. [1]
   






14N Xaa 0.290 0.2532(59)
Xbb - 0.114 - 0.106(11)
Xcc - 0.176 - 0.148(11)
|Xab| 0.212
 
RMS 0.027 (16 %)
RSD 0.030 (1.3 %)
 
Xxx - 0.204
Xyy - 0.176
Xzz 0.381
ETA - 0.0735
Øz,a 22.98
Øa,NC 23.19
Øz,NC   0.20
 
 
 
Table 2.  Molecular structure parameters, B3P86/6-31G(3d,3p) opt (Å and degrees).
H' lies in symmetry plane. CN 1.1709
NC(1) 1.4208
C(1)-C(2) 1.5220
C(1)H 1.0941
C(2)H' 1.0923
Z-Matrix C(2)H 1.0914
CNC(1) 178.69
NC(1)-C(2) 111.79
C(2)-C(1)H 110.86
C(1)-C(2)H' 109.66
C(1)-C(2)H 110.80
 
 
[1] G.Bestman and H.Dreizler, Z.Naturforsch. 37a,58(1982).

 








 








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