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Laura B Favero1, B Michela Giuliano, Sonia Melandri
1Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN, Sezione di Bologna), CNR, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy.
Abstract:
The molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectrum of 1,4-dioxane-trifluoromethane has been assigned and measured. The two subunits form a cage stabilized by one C-H...O and two C-H...F weak hydrogen bonds. The C-H...O link involves the axial lone pair of one of the two equivalent ring oxygens, while the two C-H...F bridges connect trifluoromethane to the two axial hydrogens in positions 3 and 5. The dissociation energy has been estimated from the D(J) centrifugal distortion parameter to be approximately 6.8 kJ/mol.
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