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On the weak O-H···halogen hydrogen bond: a rotational study of CH3CHClF···H2O
Gang Feng1, Luca Evangelisti, Laura B Favero
1Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy. walther.caminati@unibo.it.
Abstract:
We measured the molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectra of six isotopologues of the 1 : 1 adduct of CH(3)CHClF with water. Water prefers to form an O-H···F rather than an O-H···Cl hydrogen bond. This is just the contrary of what was observed in the chlorofluoromethane-water adduct, where an O-H···Cl link was formed (W. Caminati, S. Melandri, A. Maris and P. Ottaviani, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 2438). The water molecule is linked with an O-H···F bridge to the fluorine atom, with r(F···H(w)) = 2.14 Å, and with two C-H···O contacts to the alkyl hydrogens with r(C(1)-H(1)···O(w)) = 2.75 Å and r(C(2)-H(2)···O(w)) = 2.84 Å, respectively. Besides the rotational constants, the quadrupole coupling constants of the chlorine atom have been determined. In addition, information on the internal dynamics has been obtained.
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