Non-empirical calculations of chlorine quadrupole coupling parameters in chloromethanes and chlorosilanes

Non-empirical calculations of the field gradient tensor at the chlorine nucleus are resorted for chloromethane, trichloromethane, chlorosilane and trichlorosilane. The calculations agree quite well with the experimental quadrupole coupling constants. The calculated asymmetry parameters in trichloromethane and trichlorosilane are low and the principal z axis of the field gradient tensor is found nearly to coincide with the CCl and SiCl bond directions.