MICROSOLVATION OF A PARTIALLY FORMED BOND: ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY OF HCN-HCN-$BF_{3}$
Loading...
Date
1999
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Ohio State University
Abstract
The complex HCN-HCN-$BF_{3}$ and several of its isotopic derivatives have been observed by Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. The system has the expected $C_{3v}$ geometry with the outer nitrogen of a linear $(HCN)_{2}$ bound to the $BF_{3}$. This species represents the first step in the microsolvation of $HCN-BF_{3}$, a partially bonded complex whose structure has been previously determined from rotational $spectroscopy^{a}$. The hypersensitivity to a local environment of complexes with partially formed dative linkages has been well established, and thus large changes in the structure and bonding within the $HCN-BF_{3}$ unit are expected for this complex. Progress in the structure analysis will be reported, and the results compared with those for both $HCN-BF_{3}$ and $HCN-HCN-SO_{3}$.
Description
$^{a}$ S.W. Reeve, W.A. Burns, F.J. Lovas, R.D. Suenram, and K.R. Leopold J. Phys. Chem. 97, 10630 1993.
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota