A microwave spectroscopic and quantum chemical study of propa-1,2-dienyl selenocyanate (H(2)==C==CHSeC[triple bond]N) and cyclopropyl selenocyanate (C(3)H(5)SeC[triple bond]N)

The microwave spectra of propa-1,2-dienyl selenocyanate, H(2)C==C==CHSeC[triple bond]N, and cyclopropyl selenocyanate, C(3)H(5)SeC[triple bond]N, are reported. The spectra of the ground and two vibrationally excited states of the (80)Se isotopologue and the spectrum of the ground state of the (78)Se isotopologue were assigned for one rotameric form of H(2)C==C[double bond, length as m-dash]CHSeC[triple bond]N. This conformer is characterized by a C-C-Se-C dihedral angle of 129(5) degrees from synperiplanar (0 degrees ) and is shown to be the global minimum of H(2)C[double bond, length as m-dash]C[double bond, length as m-dash]CHSeC[triple bond]N. The spectra of the ground and of three vibrationally excited states of the (80)Se isotopologue, as well as of the ground state of the (78)Se isotopologue of one rotamer of C(3)H(5)SeC[triple bond]N were assigned. This conformer has a H-C-Se-C dihedral angle of 80(4) degrees from synperiplanar and is at least 3 kJ mol(-1) more stable than any other form of the molecule. The microwave study has been augmented by quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+ +G(3df,3pd) and MP2/6-311+ +G(3df,3pd) levels of theory.     

Structure and conformational properties of N-pentafluorosulfur(sulfuroxide difluoride imide) SF5N=S(O)F2: vibrational analysis, gas electron diffraction, and quantum chemical calculations

The molecular structure and conformational properties of N-pentafluorosulfur(sulfuroxide difluoride imide), SF5N=S(O)F2, have been studied by vibrational spectroscopy (IR (gas) and Raman (liquid)), by gas electron diffraction (GED), and by quantum chemical calculations (MP2 and B3LYP with (6-31G(d) and 6-311+G(2df) basis sets). According to GED, the prevailing conformer possesses a syn structure (N-SF5 bond synperiplanar with respect to the bisector of the SF2 group). Splitting of the symmetric N=S=O stretching vibration in gas and liquid spectra demonstrates the presence of a second conformer (11(5)%) with anticlinal orientation of the N-SF5 bond according to quantum chemical calculations. The geometric structure, conformational properties, and vibrational frequencies are well reproduced by quantum chemical calculations.     

Structure and conformations of N-(fluoroformyl)imidosulfurous dichloride,FC(O)N=SCl2

The IR (gas) and Raman (liquid) spectra of FC(O)NSCl(2) demonstrate the presence of a conformational mixture in both phases. According to a gas electron diffraction study, the main conformer (94(8)%) possesses a syn-syn structure (C(O)F group synperiplanar with respect to the SCl(2) bisector and the C=O bond synperiplanar to the N=S bond). Quantum chemical calculations (HF, B3LYP and MP2 with 6-31G basis set, and MP2/6-311(2df)) predict a syn-anti structure for the second conformer. Analysis of the IR (gas) spectrum results in a contribution of 5(1)% of the minor form, corresponding to a Gibbs free energy difference DeltaG degrees = G degrees (syn-anti) - G degrees (syn-syn) = 1.75(15) kcal/mol. This value is reproduced very well by quantum chemical calculations, which include electron correlation effects (DeltaG degrees = 1.28-1.56 kcal/mol). The HF approximation overestimates this energy difference (DeltaG degrees = 3.24 kcal/mol).     

Properties of chloroformyl peroxynitrate, ClC(O)OONO(2)

The synthesis of ClC(O)OONO(2) is accomplished by photolysis of a mixture of Cl(2), NO(2), and CO in large excess of O(2) at about -70 degrees C. The product is isolated after repeated trap-to-trap condensation. The solid compound melts at -84 degrees C, and the extrapolated boiling point is 80 degrees C. ClC(O)OONO(2) is characterized by IR, Raman, (13)C NMR, and UV spectroscopy. According to the IR matrix spectra, the compound exists at room temperature only as a single conformer. The molecular structure of ClC(O)OONO(2) is determined by gas electron diffraction. The molecule possesses a gauche structure with a dihedral angle of phi(COON) = 86.7(19) degrees , and the C=O bond is oriented syn with respect to the O-O bond. The short O-O bond (1.418(6) A) and the long N-O bond (1.511(8) A) are consistent with the facile dissociation of ClC(O)OONO(2) into the radicals ClC(O)OO and NO(2). The experimental geometry of ClC(O)OONO(2) is reproduced reasonably well by B3LYP/6-311+G(2df) calculations, whereas the MP2 approximation predicts the N-O bond considerably too long and the dihedral angle too small.     

The molecular structure of fluoromalononitrile as determined by gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio calculations

The molecular structure of fluoromalononitrile was studied by means of gas-phase electron diffraction and quantum mechanical methods using HF/6-31G(d), MP2/6-311++G(2df,2pd) and DFT/B3LYP/6-31G(d), B3PW91/6-31G(d), B3LYP/6-311++G(2df,2pd) and B3PW91/6-311++G(2df,2pd). The r(g) and angle(alpha) structural parameters we obtained from the present analysis are: CC=1.487(5) A, CN=1.157(3) A, CF=1.386(5) A, CH=1.096 A (ass.), angleCCC=106.7(1.0) degrees , angleCCF=108.0(0.7) degrees , angleCCN=177.6(2.0) degrees . Uncertainties in parenthesis are 3sigma.     

Synthesis and characterization of (E)- and (Z)-3-mercapto-2-propenenitrile. Microwave spectrum of the Z-isomer

The kinetically unstable compound 3-mercapto-2-propenenitrile (HS-CH=CH-C[triple bond]N) has been prepared for the first time by flash vacuum pyrolysis at 800 degrees C of 3-(tert-butylthio)-2-propenenitrile with a yield of 77% and a Z:E ratio of 8:1. Several deuterium and 15N isotopologues were also prepared using isotopically enriched compounds. Quantum chemical calculations of the structural and conformational properties of the Z- and E-isomers were undertaken at the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd), MP2/6-311++G(3df,2pd), MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ, and G3 levels of theory. These methods all predict that the Z- and the E-forms each have two "stable" planar rotameric forms with the H-S-C=C link of atoms in either a synperiplanar or an antiperiplanar conformation, with the synperiplanar form of the Z-isomer as the global minimum. The Z-isomer has been investigated by means of Stark-modulation microwave spectroscopy. Spectra attributable to the parent and three deuterium-substituted isotopologues of a single conformer were recorded and assigned. Additionally, the spectrum belonging to the first excited state of the lowest bending vibration was assigned. The ground-state rotational constants obtained by the least-squares analysis of these transitions were found to be in excellent agreement with the corresponding approximate equilibrium values generated by the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ calculations. The preferred conformer of this molecule was found to have a synperiplanar arrangement of the H-S-C=C chain of atoms and a planar or nearly planar geometry, with a stabilizing intramolecular hydrogen bond formed between the H atom of the thiol group and pi-electron density associated with the C[triple bond]N triple bond. The possible astrochemical/astrobiological significance of this compound is discussed.     

Ab initio study on the oxidation of NCN by O (3P): prediction of the total rate constant and product branching ratios

The reaction of NCN with O is relevant to the formation of prompt NO according to the new mechanism, CH+N2-->cyclic-C(H)NN- -->HNCN-->H+NCN. The reaction has been investigated by ab initio molecular orbital and transition state theory calculations. The mechanisms for formation of possible product channels involved in the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces have been predicted at the highest level of the modified GAUSSIAN-2 (G2M) method, G2M (CC1). The barrierless association/dissociation processes on the singlet surface were also examined with the third-order Rayleigh-Schr?dinger perturbation (CASPT3) and the multireference configuration interaction methods including Davidson's correction for higher excitations (MRCI+Q) at the CASPT3(6,6)/6-311+G(3df)//UB3LYP/6-311G(d) and MRCI+Q(6,6)/6-311+G(3df)//UB3LYP/6-311G(d) levels. The rate constants for the low-energy channels producing CO+N2, CN+NO, and N(4S)+NCO have been calculated in the temperature range of 200-3000 K. The results show that the formation of CN+NO is dominant and its branching ratio is over 99% in the whole temperature range; no pressure dependence was noted at pressures below 100 atm. The total rate constant can be expressed by: kt=4.23x10(-11) T0.15 exp(17/T) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1).     

Microwave spectrum of 3-butyne-1-thiol: evidence for intramolecular S-H...pi hydrogen bonding

The microwave spectrum of 3-butyne-1-thiol has been studied by means of Stark-modulation microwave spectroscopy and quantum-chemical calculations employing the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd), MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ, MP2/6-311++G(3df,2pd), and G3 methods. Rotational transitions attributable to two conformers of this molecule were assigned. One of these conformers possesses an antiperiplanar arrangement of the atoms S-C1-C2-C3, while the other is synclinal and stabilized by the formation of an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the H-atom of the thiol group and the pi-electrons of the C[triple bond]C triple bond. The energy difference between these conformers was estimated to be 1.7(4) kJ mol(-1) by relative intensity measurements, with the hydrogen-bonded conformer being lower in energy. The spectra of five vibrationally excited states of the synclinal conformer were observed, and an assignment of these states to particular vibrational modes was made with the aid of a density functional theory (DFT) calculation of the vibrational frequencies at the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2pd) level of theory.     

Vibrational spectra and gas-phase structure of N-methyl-S,S-bis(trifluoromethyl)sulfimide, CH3N=S(CF3)2

The molecular structure of N-methyl-S,S-bis(trifluoromethyl)sulfimide, CH3N=S(CF3)2, was determined by gas electron diffraction and quantum chemical calculations [B3LYP and MP2 with 6-31+G(2df,p) basis sets]. Furthermore, vibrational spectra, IR (gas) and Raman (liquid), were recorded. These spectra were assigned by comparison with analogous molecules and with calculated frequencies and intensities (HF, B3LYP, and MP2 with 6-311G basis sets). All experimental data and computational methods result in a single conformer with syn orientation of the CH3 group relative to the bisector of the two CF3 groups. The molecule possesses C1 symmetry, slightly distorted from CS symmetry. The N=S bond length in this compound [1.522(10) A] is longer than that in imidosulfur difluorides RN=SF2 [1.476(4) A - 1.487(5) A].     

Conformational studies in the cyclohexane series. 2. Phenylcyclohexane and 1-methyl-1-phenylcyclohexane

The structures and relative energies of the conformers of phenylcyclohexane, and 1-methyl-1-phenylcyclohexane have been calculated at theoretical levels including HF/6-31G, B3LYP/6-311G, MP2/6-311G, MP2/6-311(2df,p), QCISD/6-311G, and QCISD/6-311G(2df,p). The latter gives conformational enthalpy (DeltaH degrees ), entropy (DeltaS degrees ), and free energy (DeltaG degrees ) values for phenylcyclohexane that are in excellent agreement with the experimental data. The calculations for 1-methyl-1-phenylcyclohexane find a free energy difference of 1.0 kcal/mol at -100 degrees C, favoring the conformation having an axial phenyl group, that is in only modest agreement with the experimental value of 0.32 +/- 0.04 kcal/mol. The origin of the phenyl rotational profiles for the conformers of phenylcyclohexane and 1-methyl-1-phenylcyclohexane is discussed.     

Weakly bound complexes of N2O: an ab initio theoretical analysis toward the design of N2O receptors

Ab initio calculations at MP2/6-311++G(2d,2p) and MP2/6-311++G(3df,3pd) computational levels have been used to analyze the interactions between nitrous oxide and a series of small and large molecules that act simultaneously as hydrogen bond donors and electron donors. The basis set superposition error (BSSE) and zero point energy (ZPE) corrected binding energies of small N2O complexes (H2O, NH3, HOOH, HOO*, HONH2, HCO2H, H2CO, HCONH2, H2CNH, HC(NH)NH2, SH2, H2CS, HCSOH, HCSNH2) vary between -0.93 and -2.90 kcal/mol at MP2/6-311++G(3df,3pd) level, and for eight large complexes of N2O they vary between -2.98 and -3.37 kcal/mol at the MP2/6-311++G(2d,2p) level. The most strongly bound among small N2O complexes (HCSNH2-N2O) contains a NH..N bond, along with S-->N interactions, and the most unstable (H2S-N2O) contains just S-->N interactions. The electron density properties have been analyzed within the atoms in molecules (AIM) methodology. Results of the present study open a window into the nature of the interactions between N2O with other molecular moieties and open the possibility to design N2O abiotic receptors.     

Theoretical study on structures and stability of Si2CP isomers

The structures, energetics, spectroscopies, and isomerization of various doublet Si2CP species are explored theoretically. In contrast to the previously studied SiC2N and SiC2P radicals that have linear SiCCN and SiCCP ground states, the title Si2CP radical has a four-membered-ring form cSiSiPC 1 (0.0 kcal/mol) with Si-C cross-bonding as the ground-state isomer at the CCSD(T)/6-311G(2df)//B3LYP/6-311G(d)+ZPVE level, similar to the Si2CN radical. The second low-lying isomer 2 at 11.6 kcal/mol has a SiCSiP four-membered ring with C-P cross-bonding, yet it is kinetically quite unstable toward conversion to 1 with a barrier of 3.5 kcal/mol. In addition, three cyclic species with divalent carbene character, i.e., cSiSiCP 7, 7' with C-P cross-bonding and cSiCSiP 8 with Si-Si cross-bonding, are found to possess considerable kinetic stability, although they are energetically high lying at 44.4, 46.5, and 41.4 kcal/mol, respectively. Moreover, a linear isomer SiCSiP 5 at 44.3 kcal/mol also has considerable kinetic stability and predominantly features the interesting cumulenic /Si=C=Si=P/* form with a slight contribution from the silicon-phosphorus triply bonded form /Si=C*-Si[triple bond]P/. The silicon-carbon triply bonded form *Si[triple bond]C-Si[triple bond]P/ has negligible contribution. All five isomers are expected to be observable in low-temperature environments. Their bonding nature and possible formation strategies are discussed. For relevant species, the QCISD/6-311G(d) and CCSD(T)/6-311+G(2df) (single-point) calculations are performed to provide more reliable results. The calculated results are compared to those of the analogous C3N, C3P, SiC2N, and Si2CN radicals with 17 valence electrons. Implications in interstellar space and P-doped SiC vaporization processes are also discussed.     

CH2SH与NO2双自由基反应机理的理论研究

在B3LYP/6-311＋＋G(2df,p)水平上优化了标题反应驻点物种的几何构型, 并在相同水平上通过频率计算和内禀反应坐标(IRC)分析对过渡态结构及连接性进行了验证. 采用双水平计算方法HL//B3LYP/6-311＋＋G(2df,p)对所有驻点及部分选择点进行了单点能校正, 构建了CH2SH＋NO2反应体系的单重态反应势能剖面. 研究结果表明, CH2SH与NO2反应体系存在4条主要反应通道, 两个自由基中的C与N首先进行单重态耦合, 形成稳定的中间体HSCH2NO2 (a). 中间体a经过C—N键断裂和H(1)—O(2)形成过程生成主要产物P1 (CH2S＋trans-HONO), 此过程需克服124.1 kJ•mol－1的能垒. 中间体a也可以经过C—N键断裂及C—O键形成转化为中间体HSCH2ONO (b), 此过程的能垒高达238.34 kJ•mol－1. b再经过一系列的重排异构转化得到产物P2 (CH2S＋cis-HONO), P3 (CH2S＋HNO2)和P4 (SCH2OH＋NO). 所有通道均为放热反应, 反应能分别为－150.37, －148.53, －114.42和－131.56 kJ•mol－1. 标题反应主通道R→a→TSa/P1→P1的表观活化能为－91.82 kJ•mol－1, 此通道在200～3000 K温度区间内表观反应速率常数三参数表达式为kCVT/SCT＝8.3×10－40T4.4 exp(12789.3/T) cm3•molecule－1•s－1.     

Toward an intimate understanding of the structural properties and conformational preference of oxoesters and thioesters: gas and crystal structure and conformational analysis of dimethyl monothiocarbonate, CH3OC(O)SCH3

[structure: see text] The molecular structure and conformational properties of dimethyl monothiocarbonate, CH3OC(O)SCH3, have been studied in the gas phase by gas electron diffraction (GED) and vibrational spectroscopy and in the solid state by X-ray crystallography. The experimental investigations were supplemented by quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) and MP2/6-311++G(2df,p) levels of approximation. The gaseous molecule exhibits only one conformation having Cs symmetry with synperiplanar orientation of both the C-S and the C-O single bonds relative to the C=O double bond. The following skeletal geometric parameters were derived from the GED analysis (r(hl) values with 3sigma uncertainties): C=O = 1.203(4) A, C(sp(2))-O = 1.335(5) A, C(sp(3))-O = 1.437(5) A, C(sp(2))-S = 1.763(5) A, and C(sp(3))-S = 1.803(5) A; O=C-O = 125.9(8) degrees , O=C-S = 125.7(7) degrees , O-C-S = 108.4(9) degrees , and C-O-C = 113.4(15) degrees . The structure of a single crystal, grown by a miniature zone-melting procedure, was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis at a low temperature. The crystalline solid [monoclinic, P2(1)/n, a = 12.6409(9) A, b = 4.1678(3) A, and c = 19.940(1) A, beta = 98.164(1) degrees ] exists exclusively as molecules in the synperiplanar conformation and with geometrical parameters that agree with those of the molecule in the gas phase. The results are discussed in terms of anomeric and mesomeric effects and in terms of a natural bond orbital analysis.     

Theoretical study on the [Si, C, N, O] potential energy surface

The structures, energetics, spectroscopies, and stabilities of the doublet [Si, C, N, O] radical are explored at the density functional theory and ab initio levels. Sixteen isomers are located, connected by 29 interconversion transition states. At the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(2df)//QCISD/6-311G(d)+ZPVE level, the lowest lying isomer is a linear SiNCO 1 (0.0 kcal/mol) mainly featuring a cumulene | . Si = N = C = O. The second and third low-lying isomers are bent OSiCN 2 (8.8) and bent OSiNC 3 (11.1), respectively. All the three low-lying isomers 1, 2, 3, and another high-lying species 5 (75.4) with a linear SiCNO structure are shown to have considerable kinetic stability and may be experimentally observable. The predicted results of isomers 1 and 2 are consistent with the previous mass spectrometry experiments. Moreover, the fourth low-lying species SiOCN 4 (23.9) with bent structure is expected to be observable in low-temperature environments. The bonding nature of the five isomers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is analyzed. The calculated results are compared with those of the analogous molecules C(2)NO and Si(2)NO. Implications in interstellar space and N,O-doped SiC vaporization processes are also discussed.     

Carbon-to-carbon identity proton transfer from allene, ketene, ketenimine, and thioketene to their respective conjugate anions in the gas phase. An ab initio study.

Gas-phase acidities of CH2=C=X (X = CH2, NH, O, and S) and barriers for the identity proton transfers (X=C=CH2 + HC triple bond C-X- right harpoon over left harpoon -X-C triple bond CH + CH2=C=X) as well as geometries and charge distributions of CH2=C=X, HC triple bond C-X- and the transition states of the proton transfer were determined by ab initio methods at the MP2/6-311+G(d,p)//MP2/6-311+G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) levels of theory. The acidities were also calculated at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(2df,p) level. A major objective of this study was to examine how the enhanced unsaturation of CH2=C=X compared to that of CH3CH=X may affect acidities, transition state imbalances, and intrinsic barriers of the identity proton transfer. The results show that the acidities are all higher while the barriers are lower than for the corresponding CH3CH=X series. The transition states are all imbalanced but less so than for the reactions of CH3CH=X.     

FC(O)O自由基与NO2反应的量子化学研究

用量子化学DFT, MP2, G3和G3MP2方法对FC(O)O自由基与NO₂的反应机理进行了理论研究. 优化了反应势能面上各驻点的几何结构, 通过内禀反应坐标(IRC)计算和振动分析, 确认了反应中的过渡态, 并用过渡态理论(TST)计算了相关反应的速率常数.     

2-Pyridinethiol/2-pyridinethione tautomeric equilibrium. A comparative experimental and computational study

The gas phase and solvent dependent preference of the tautomerization between 2-pyridinethiol (2SH) and 2-pyridinethione (2S) has been assessed using variable temperature Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) experiments, as well as ab initio and density functional theory computations. No spectroscopic evidence (nu(S)(-)(H) stretch) for 2SH was observed in toluene, C(6)D(6), heptane, or methylene chloride solutions. Although, C(s)() 2SH is 2.61 kcal/mol more stable than C(s)() 2S (CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ//B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)+ZPE), cyclohexane solvent-field relative energies (IPCM-MP2/6-311+G(3df,2p)) favor 2S by 1.96 kcal/mol. This is in accord with the FTIR observations and in quantitative agreement with the -2.6 kcal/mol solution (toluene or C(6)D(6)) calorimetric enthalpy for the 2S/2SH tautomerization favoring the thione. As the intramolecular transition state for the 2S, 2SH tautomerization (2TS) lies 25 (CBS-Q) to 30 kcal/mol (CCSD/cc-pVTZ) higher in energy than either tautomer, tautomerization probably occurs in the hydrogen bonded dimer. The B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) optimized C(2) 2SH dimer is 10.23 kcal/mol + ZPE higher in energy than the C(2)(h)() 2S dimer and is only 2.95 kcal/mol + ZPE lower in energy than the C(2) 2TS dimer transition state. Dimerization equilibrium measurements (FTIR, C(6)D(6)) over the temperature range 22-63 degrees C agree: K(eq)(298) = 165 +/- 40 M(-)(1), DeltaH = -7.0 +/- 0.7 kcal/mol, and DeltaS = -13.4 +/- 3.0 cal/(mol deg). The difference between experimental and B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) [-34.62 cal/(mol deg)] entropy changes is due to solvent effects. The B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) nucleus independent chemical shifts (NICS) are -8.8 and -3.5 ppm 1 A above the 2SH and 2S ring centers, respectively, and the thiol is aromatic. Although the thione is not aromatic, it is stabilized by the thioamide resonance. In solvent, the large 2S dipole, 2-3 times greater than 2SH, favors the thione tautomer and, in conclusion, 2S is thermodynamically more stable than 2SH in solution.     

Structures, relative stability and dissociation of [Si,N,C,O]2+isomers

Fifteen isomers of [Si,N,C,O]2+ system are obtained at UB3LYP/6-311G(d) and UCCSD(T)/6-311+G(2df) (single-point) levels. The analyses are made for predicting the structures of optimized isomers, while ionic fragments with lower energies are suggested. The calculatedresults indicate that linear isomer SiNCO2+(2П) is thermodynamically the most stable species in [Si,N,C,O]2+ system, followed by linear SiOCN2+ (2П), SiCNO2+ (2П), and SiC(NO) (2A") with NCO three-membered ring. The order of stability of several kinetically stable isomers is SiNCO2 >SiCNO2+ (2П)>SiOCN2+ >SiC(NO)2+>OSiNC2+ (2П). The obtained results by analyzing the isomerizations and ionic fragment patterns show that the signal peaks of [Si,N,C,O]2+ are attributed to the contribution of linear SiNCO2+ species, which is metastable and can dissociate to the ionic fragments in the mass spectrometry experiments.     

Trifluoromethyl chlorosulfonate, CF3OSO2Cl: gas phase and crystal structure, conformation and vibrational analysis studied by experimental and theoretical methods

The geometric structure and conformational properties of trifluoromethyl chlorosulfonate (chlorosulfuric acid trifluoromethyl ester), CF(3)OSO(2)Cl, have been determined by X-ray crystallography, gas electron diffraction (GED), and vibrational spectroscopy (IR(gas), IR(matrix), and Raman(liquid)). These experimental investigations were supplemented by quantum chemical calculations (B3LYP with 6-311G* and 6-311+G(3df) basis sets). All experimental methods result in a single conformer with gauche orientation of the CF(3) group relative to the S[bond]Cl. The dihedral angle delta(COSCl) is determined to be 91.7(3) degrees in the crystal and 94(3) degrees in the gas phase. This dihedral angle corresponds to a near-eclipsed orientation of the O[bond]C relative to one of the S[double bond]O bonds (delta(CO[bond]SO) = -23.0(3) degrees and -21(3) degrees in the crystal and gas phase, respectively).