Susanna L. Stephens, John Mullaney, Matt Sprawling Daniel P. Zaleski, Nick R. Walker, Antony C. Legon 69 th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois 20 th June 2014 Broadband rotational spectroscopy reveals structural distortion in ethene and ethyne on coordination to gold iodide
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C 2 H 4 ···AgCl JCP, 135, (2011)
Unbound AgI molecule Free I − ion Na + I - χ(I) = MHz88% Cu-I χ(I) = MHz59% Ag-I χ(I) = MHz54% Au-I χ(I) = MHz26% H-I χ(I) = MHz21% The ionicity constant a measure of proton transfer -coupling of the spin of a quadrupolar nuclei with the overall rotation Ag χ aa (X) Nuclear quadrupole coupling constant in complex, eQq (n,1,0) (X) Nuclear quadrupole coupling constant that would result from a single electron in a np z orbital I ( MHz) C. H. Townes and B. P. Dailey, J. Chem. Phys., 17, 782 (1949)
Carbonyl metal halide series OC···MXMX χ aa (X)/MHzi C /%χ aa (X)/MHzi C /% CuCl CuBr CuI AgCl AgBr AgI AuCl AuBr AuI− − CO···AgI; JCP, 136, (2012)
Frequency /MHz ← J’ kakc F F ← J’’ kakc F F ← ← ← ← ← Spectrum of C 2 H 4 ···AuI
Frequency /MHz Spectrum of C 2 H 4 ···AuI
Frequency /MHz C 2 H 2 ···AuI C 2 D 2 ···AuI Spectrum of C 2 H 2 ···AuI ~ averages (<24 hrs) sample ~1 % CF 3 I, ~ 3 % C 2 H 4 balance 6 bar Ar
12 C 2 H 4 ···AuI 12 C 2 D 4 ···AuI 12 C 2 H 2 ···AuI 12 C 2 D 2 ···AuI A 0 /MHz 23805(13)16241(33)34409(41)25180(13) B 0 /MHz (60) (17) (13) (74) C 0 /MHz (63) (17) (12) (77) JK /kHz (77)2.65(20)3.998(23)3.460(25) J /Hz 29.08(18)23(6)31.69(23)30.25(26) J /Hz 9.018(57)(9.018)8.5(24)(8.5) χ aa (Au) /MHz (63)-822.7(19) (57) (80) χ bb χ cc (Au) /MHz (19)201.11(769)358.28(12)360.35(29) χ aa (I) /MHz (58)-972.1(12) (47) (83) χ bb χ cc (I) /MHz (184) (83) (14) (28) N σ r.m.s. / kHz C 2 H 4 12 C 2 D 4 C 0 /MHz (1) 12 C 2 H 2 12 C 2 D 2 B 0 /MHz (54) C 2 H 4 ···AuI and C 2 H 2 ···AuI Spectral constants 12 C 2 H 4 J. Phys. Chem. A., 110, 7461 (2006), Mol. Phys., 104, 273 (2006), 12 C 2 D 4 Mol. Phys., 43, 737 (1981), 12 C 2 H 2 12 C 2 D 2 J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data., 32, 921 (2003), OC···CuI Chem. Phys. Lett., 422, 192 (2006), OC···AuI Mol. Phys., 105, 861 (2007), C 2 H 4 ···CuI Unpublished work a a χ aa (Au)χ aa (I)χ aa (Cu)χ aa (I) AuI CuI OC···AuI OC···CuI C 2 H 4 ···AuI prediction from OC···MI C 2 H 4 ···CuI C 2 H 4 ···AuI prediction from MI
C 2 H 4 ···AuIC 2 H 2 ···AuI Experiment CCSD(T)-F12* aug-cc-pvtz (pp I and Ag) Experiment CCSD(T)-F12* aug-cc-pvtz (pp I and Ag) r 0 (Au-I) /Å (98) r 0 (*···AuI) /Å (18) r 0 (C-C) /Å(1.3796)1.3796(1.2342) r 0 (C-H) /Å(1.0827)1.0827(1.0685) r 0 (C-C-H) /°(7.30)7.30(13.85)13.85 Dipole μ A /Debey C2H4C2H4 C2H2C2H2 AuI r 0 (C-C) /Å1.3386(14) (6)r e (AuI) /Å (70) r 0 (C-H) /Å1.0849(13) (2) Experimental and ab initio geometries a
a C 2 H 4 ···AuIC 2 H 2 ···AuI Experiment CCSD(T)-F12* aug-cc-pvtz (pp I and Ag) Experiment CCSD(T)-F12* aug-cc-pvtz (pp I and Ag) A 0 /MHz34409(41) (41) B 0 /MHz (13) (13) C 0 /MHz (12) (12) Experimental and ab initio rotational constants 12 C 2 H 4 ···AuI 12 C 2 D 4 ···AuI 12 C 2 H 2 ···AuI 12 C 2 D 2 ···AuI k σ /Nm (2) 66.8(4) 54.8(4) 56.0(6) ω /cm (4)197(1) 192(2) P b /uA (1)17.89(1)14.80(2)20.23(2) P c /uA (2)3.345(2) (1)-0.187(2) Δ 0 /MHz0.2612(1)0.295(2)0.231(1)0.374(3) icic (5) (3)55.841(5) 12 C 2 H 4 P a /uA P b /uA D.J. Millen, Can. J. Chem., 63, 1477 (1985)
Acknowledgements Newcastle John Mullaney Matt Sprawling Nick Walker Daniel Zaleski Dror Bittner Tony Legon Bristol David Tew
r 0 (M-X)/År 0 (*···M)/Åi C /%ω /cm -1 k σ /Nm -1 AuI OC···AuI2.5336(4)2.501(1)57228(-) C 2 H 2 ···AuI2.475(40)2.20(20) (2)54.8(4) C 2 H 4 ···AuI (1)59.1(2) AgI (7)-54-- OC···AgI2.5336(4)2.051(1) C 2 H 2 ···AgI2.600(94)2.11(22)65161(2)35.5(1) C 2 H 4 ···AgI2.54(13)2.23(27)67166(1)41(1) CuI OC···CuI2.3563(4)1.8154(9)74-- C 2 H 2 ···CuI(2.220)(2.182)74-- C 2 H 4 ···CuI(2.356)(1.974)75-- AgCl C 2 H 2 ···AgCl2.2716(6)2.1841(82)74197(3)51.4(26) C 2 H 4 ···AgCl2.2724(8)2.2701(2)75202(3)57.2(21) C 2 H 4 ···AgCl JCP, 135, (2011); C 2 H 2 ···AgCl JCP, 137, (2012); AuI Gerry, JMSp 205, 344 (2001) OC···AuI Walker & Legon, Mol. Phys., 5, 861 (2007) OC···CuI Legon, Chem. Phys. Lett., 422, 192 (2006)