Evidence for a pre-reactive intermediate in a gaseous mixture of ethyne and chlorine monofluoride - Rotational spectrum of the Mulliken b pi center dot a sigma complex C2H2 center dot center dot center dot ClF

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Hinds, K
Holloway, JH
Legon, AC
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[1] UNIV EXETER,DEPT CHEM,EXETER EX4 4QD,DEVON,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV LEICESTER,DEPT CHEM,LEICESTER LE1 7RH,LEICS,ENGLAND
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JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-FARADAY TRANSACTIONS | 1996年 / 92卷 / 08期
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10.1039/ft9969201291
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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A complex of ethyne and chlorine monofluoride has been identified and characterised in a supersonically expanded mixture of the two gases by means of its ground-state rotational spectrum. A fast-mixing nozzle was used in combination with a pulsed-nozzle, Fourier-transform microwave spectrometer to preclude chemical reaction of the components and to observe the spectrum of each of the isotopomers C2H2...(ClF)-Cl-35, C2H2...(ClF)-Cl-37 and C2D2...(ClF)-Cl-35. Analysis of the spectrum led to the rotational constants A(0), B-0 and C-0, the centrifugal distortion constants Delta(J), Delta(JK) and delta(J), the Cl-nuclear quadrupole coupling constants chi(aa)(Cl) and chi(bb)(Cl)-chi(aa)(Cl), and the spin-rotation coupling constant 1/2[M(bb)(Cl) + M(cc)(Cl)] in each case. Arguments based on nuclear-spin statistical weight effects and a detailed interpretation of the spectroscpic constants revealed that the detected pre-reactive intermediate has a planar T-shaped geometry, with C2H2 acting as the bar of the T, and ClF as the stem but oriented so that the Cl atom was closer to the ethyne pi-bond than F. The distance between the centre (*) of the pi-bond and the Cl nucleus is r(*...Cl) = 2.783 (8) Angstrom. The small intermolecular stretching force constant k(sigma) = 10.0 N m(-1) and the minor changes in the Cl nuclear quadrupole coupling constants of ClF on formation of the complex demonstrate that the complex is weakly bound and that the electric charge distribution of ClF suffers only a small perturbation. It is concluded that C2H2...ClF is best described formally as a complex of the Mulliken b pi . a sigma ao weak outer type.
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