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Accurate equilibrium structures obtained from gas-phase electron diffraction data: sodium chloride.

Philip D McCaffrey1, Richard J Mawhorter, Andrew R Turner

  • 1School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, United Kingdom.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry. A
|June 21, 2007
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A new method accurately determines gas-phase structures from experimental data, enabling direct comparison with theory. This approach precisely determined sodium chloride monomer and dimer structures, improving accuracy over previous studies.

Area of Science:

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Accurate determination of gas-phase molecular structures is crucial for validating theoretical models.
  • Previous methods faced challenges in precisely relating experimental distances to theoretical equilibrium structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate a novel method for accurate determination of equilibrium gas-phase structures.
  • To enable direct comparison between experimental data and theoretical calculations.
  • To precisely determine the structural parameters of sodium chloride monomer and dimer in the gas phase.

Main Methods:

  • Gas-phase electron diffraction
  • Microwave spectroscopy
  • Ab initio calculations

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  • Calculation of root-mean-square amplitudes of vibration and distance corrections from ab initio potential-energy surfaces.

    • Main Results:

    • The equilibrium structures of sodium chloride monomer (NaCl) and dimer (Na2Cl2) were determined.
    • The fraction of vapor existing as dimer was calculated.
    • Precise equilibrium structural parameters were obtained: r(e)(Na-Cl)(monomer) = 236.0794(4) pm, r(e)(Na-Cl)(dimer) = 253.4(9) pm, and <(e)ClNaCl = 102.7(11) degrees.
    • Results showed good agreement with high-level ab initio calculations.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel method successfully allows accurate determination of equilibrium gas-phase structures.
    • The obtained structural parameters for sodium chloride are more precise than those from previous studies.
    • The method effectively accounts for vibrational effects like large-amplitude modes and anharmonicity.