Millimeter-wave spectrum of 3-butynenitrile: Dipole moment and centrifugal distortion constants

The molecular rotational spectrum of 3-butynenitrile (3BN, propargyl cyanide), HCCCH₂CN, has been investigated in the vibrational ground state. A total of 222 transitions up to J = 69 have been measured between 8 and 300 GHz. The Hamiltonian used for the spectral analysis was required to include all centrifugal terms of fourth and sixth orders and one term of eighth order in the angular momentum components in order to reproduce the transition frequencies within the experimental error. Significant values for the respective distortion coefficients could be determined. The molecular dipole moment components were calculated from measured Stark effect shifts as |μ_a| = (3.23 ± 0.05) D, |μ_b| = (2.34 ± 0.02) D; μ_tot = (3.99 ± 0.05) D.     

The rotational spectrum of methoxyethyne: Centrifugal distortion and internal rotation analysis

In the rotational spectrum of methoxyethyne 173 new transitions (J ≤ 30) have been measured between 150 and 240 GHz. In the centimeter range 25 new transitions (J ≤ 11) of the first excited torsional state have also been assigned. An overall fit of the measurements using a structure relaxation model has allowed us to accurately determine the internal rotation parameters. For the A substate effective rotational parameters are given which allow the calculation of transition frequencies of possible astrophysical interest.     

The Ground and First Excited Torsional States of Acetic Acid

A global fit of microwave and millimeter-wave rotational transitions in the ground and first excited torsional states (v(t) = 0 and 1) of acetic acid (CH(3)COOH) is reported, which combines older measurements from the literature with new measurements from Kharkov, Lille, and NIST. The fit uses a model developed initially for acetaldehyde and methanol-type internal rotor molecules. It requires 34 parameters to achieve a unitless weighted standard deviation of 0.84 for a total of 2518 data and includes A- and E-species transitions with J 相似文献   

High-Resolution Infrared Spectrum of BrCN in the nu(2) and nu(1)/2nu(2) Regions

The vibrational excitations of bent triatomic molecules, including both bending and stretching vibrations, are studied in the framework of the U(4) algebra. For the bent triatomic molecules H(2)O and H(2)S, the highly excited vibrational levels (up to 14) are obtained using the U(4) algebraic approach. We have found that the spectra are made up of clustering structure. The number of levels in one cluster depends on the total quanta of stretching and bending. In addition, some other properties are also discussed. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Microwave, Submillimeter-Wave, and High-Resolution FTIR Study of SO(2)F(2) in the nu(8) State

The high-resolution infrared spectrum of the nu(8) band of SO(2)F(2) (nu(as) SF(2)) centered at 887.2 cm(-1) has been recorded with a resolution of 2.4 x 10(-3) cm(-1). More than 8000 transitions of the C-type band with DeltaK(a) = +/-1 (and in addition some DeltaK(a) = +/-3 transitions) have been assigned. Microwave and millimeter-wave spectra of the v(8) = 1 state up to 450 GHz have been recorded, and 177 pure rotational transitions have been measured. Rotational and rovibrational data have been combined, and excited state parameters up to sextic centrifugal distortion constants have been determined using a Watson-type Hamiltonian in S-reduction. No perturbation was indicated. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Comparison of the experimental, semi-experimental and ab initio equilibrium structures of acetylene: influence of relativisitic effects and of the diagonal Born-Oppenheimer corrections

The equilibrium structure of acetylene (also named ethyne) has been reinvestigated to resolve the small discrepancies noted between different determinations. The size of the system as well as the large amount of available experimental data provides the quite unique opportunity to check the magnitude and relevance of various contributions to equilibrium structure as well as to verify the accuracy of experimental results. With respect to pure theoretical investigation, quantum-chemical calculations at the coupled-cluster level have been employed together with extrapolation to the basis set limit, consideration of higher excitations in the cluster operator, inclusion of core correlation effects as well as relativistic and diagonal Born-Oppenheimer corrections. In particular, it is found that the extrapolation to the complete basis set limit, the inclusion of higher excitations in the electronic-correlation treatment and the relativistic corrections are of the same order of magnitude. It also appears that a basis set as large as a core-valence quintuple-zeta set is required for accurately accounting for the inner-shell correlation contribution. From a pure experimental point of view, the equilibrium structure has been determined using very accurate rotational constants recently obtained by a "global analysis" (that is to say that all non-negligible interactions are explicitly included in the Hamiltonian matrix) of rovibrational spectra. Finally, a semi-experimental equilibrium structure (where the equilibrium rotational constants are obtained from the experimental ground state rotational constants and computed rovibrational corrections) has been obtained from the available experimental ground-state rotational constants for ten isotopic species corrected for computed vibrational corrections. Such a determination led to the revision of the ground-state rotational constants of two isotopologues, thus showing that structural determination is a good method to identify errors in experimental rotational constants. The three structures are found in a very good agreement, and our recommended values are r(CC) = 120.2958(7) pm and r(CH) = 106.164(1) pm.     

Semiexperimental equilibrium structure for cis,trans-1,4-difluorobutadiene by the mixed estimation method

The available experimental rotational constants of cis,trans-1,4-difluorobutadiene do not permit a determination of a complete structure. However, this problem, rather frequent in finding structures, may be solved by the mixed estimation method. The experimental ground state rotational constants are corrected for the rovibrational contribution calculated from an ab initio force field. These semiexperimental data are supplemented by structural parameters from ab initio calculations and a weighted least-squares fit allows us to obtain a reasonable structure. The accuracy of the fitted parameters is checked by optimizing a structure at the coupled cluster level. A good agreement is found between the two methods, validating our procedure.     

Microwave spectrum, structure, and quantum chemical studies of a compound of potential astrochemical and astrobiological interest: Z-3-amino-2-propenenitrile

Z-3-Amino-2-propenenitrile, H2NCH=CHCN, a compound of astrochemical and astrobiological interest, has been studied by Stark and Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy along with eight of its isotopologues; the synthesis of five of these are reported. The spectra of the ground vibrational state and of three vibrationally excited states belonging to the two lowest normal modes were assigned for the parent species, whereas the ground states were assigned for the isotopologues. The frequency of the lowest in-plane bending fundamental vibration was determined to be 152(20) cm(-1) and the frequency of the lowest out-of-plane fundamental mode was found to be 176(20) cm(-1) by relative intensity measurements. A delicate problem is whether this compound is planar or slightly nonplanar. It was found that the rotational constants of the nine species cannot be used to conclude definitely whether the molecule is planar or not. The experimental dipole moment is mu(a) = 16.45(12), mu(b) = 2.86(6), mu(c) = 0 (assumed), and mu(tot.) = 16.70(12) x 10(-30) C m [5.01(4) D]. The quadrupole coupling constants of the two nitrogen nuclei are chi(aa) = -1.4917(21) and chi(cc) = 1.5644(24) MHz for the nitrogen atom of the cyano group and chi(aa) = 1.7262(18) and chi(cc) = -4.0591(17) MHz for the nitrogen atom of the amino group. Extensive quantum-chemical calculations have been performed, and the results obtained from these calculations have been compared with the experimental values. The equilibrium structures of vinylamine, vinyl cyanide, and Z-3-amino-2-propenenitrile have been calculated. These calculations have established that the equilibrium structure of the title compound is definitely nonplanar. However, the MP2/VQZ energy difference between the planar and nonplanar forms is small, only -423 J/mol. Z-Amino-2-propenenitrile and E-3-amino-2-propenenitrile are formed simply by mixing ammonia and cyanoacetylene at room temperature. A plausible reaction path has been modeled. G3 calculations indicate that the enthalpy (298.15 K, 1 atm) of the transition state is about 130 kJ/mol higher than the sum of the enthalpies of the reactants ammonia and cyanoacetylene. This energy difference is comparatively high, which indicates that both E- and Z-3-aminopropenenitrile are not likely to be formed in the gas phase in cold interstellar clouds via a collision between ammonia and cyanoacetylene. An alternative reaction between protonated cyanoacetylene (H-C[triple bond]C-C[triple bond]NH+) and ammonia is predicted to have a much lower activation energy than the reaction between the neutral molecules. Although protonated E- and Z-3-aminopropenenitrile in principle may be formed this way, it is more likely that a collision between NH3 and H-C[triple bond]C-C[triple bond]NH+ leads to NH4+ and H-C[triple bond]C-C[triple bond]N.     

ChemInform Abstract: Equilibrium Structure and Torsional Barrier of BH3NH3.

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