H2O

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Deuterium and Oxygen


Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling Constants


in the Water Molecule


 







 
 
The water molecule has been the subject of numerous experimental and theoretical investigations.  Relevant to this work are the publications of Bhattacharjee, Muenter, and Marshall [1], Bellet, Lafferty, and Steenbeckeliers [2], and Benedict, Gailar, and Plyler [3].  These authors report respectively the deuterium nqcc's in D2O, the oxygen nqcc's in H2O, and an equilibrium molecular structure.
 
Calculation of the deuterium and oxygen nqcc's was made on the equilibrium structure.  These results are compared with the experimental values in Tables 1 - 3.  Molecular structure parameters are given in Table 4.

 


 




Subscripts a,b,c refer to the principal axes of the inertia tensor, subscripts 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 plane of the molecule.  Ø (degrees) is the angle between its subscripted parameters. ETA = (Xxx - Xyy)/Xzz.
 

 








   







Table 1.  Deuterium nqcc's in D2O (kHz).
   










Calc.
Expt. [1]
   






2H Xaa 149.5 153.92(11)
Xbb   24.9   22.12(11)
Xcc - 174.4 - 175.037(11)
Xab ± 210.3
 
RMS 3.0 (2.6 %)
RSD 1.1 (0.9 %)
 
Xxx - 132.1
Xyy - 174.4
Xzz 306.5
ETA 0.138
Øz,a 36.75
Øa,OD 37.74
Øz,OD   0.99
 


 







 
 
   







Table 2.  Oxygen nqcc's in H2O (MHz).
 
Calc. = B1LYP/6-311++G(3df,3p).     PDF
 




Calc.
Expt. [1]
   






17O Xaa - 8.941 - 8.8964
Xbb - 1.160 - 1.2104
Xcc 10.101 10.1068
 
RMS 0.040 (0.59 %)
RSD 0.041 (1.4 %)
 

 
 
   







Table 3.  Oxygen nqcc's in H2O (MHz).
 
Calc. = MP4(SDQ)/6-311++G(3df,3pd).     PDF
 




Calc.
Expt. [1]
   






17O Xaa - 8.897 - 8.8964
Xbb - 1.067 - 1.2104
Xcc   9.964 10.1068
 
RMS 0.117 (1.7 %)
RSD 0.022 (0.77 %)
 
 
 
Table 4.  Molecular structure parameters, re [3] (Å and degrees).
 
OH 0.95721
HOH 104.522

   
 

[1] R.Bhattacharjee, J.S.Muenter, and M.D.Marshall, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 145,302(1991).

[2] J.Bellet, W.J.Lafferty, and G.Steenbeckeliers, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 47,388(1973). 
[3] W.S.Benedict, N.Gailar, and E.K.Plyler, J.Chem.Phys. 24,1139(1956).

 








 








H2S H2CO H2CS
HCOOD DNO3 H2CCO
 

 








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Molecules/Deuterium

Molecules/Oxygen
 

 













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