Rotational Study of Dimethyl Ether-Chlorotrifluoroethylene: Lone Pair center dot center dot center dot pi Interaction Links the Two Subunits

Spada L; Gou Q; Geboes Y; Herrebout WA; Melandri S; Caminati W

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.120, No.27, 4939-4943, 2016

DOI10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12571 Export Citation

Rotational Study of Dimethyl Ether-Chlorotrifluoroethylene: Lone Pair center dot center dot center dot pi Interaction Links the Two Subunits

Spada L, Gou Q, Geboes Y, Herrebout WA, Melandri S, Caminati W

The rotational spectra of two isotopologues of chlorotrifluoroethylene-dimethyl ether show that the two constituent molecules are held together by a lone pair center dot center dot center dot pi interaction. The ether oxygen is linked to the (CF2) carbon atom, with a C-O distance of 2.908 angstrom.