ESTIMATES OF THE MOLECULAR QUADRUPOLE AND THE PARALLEL POLARIZABILITY OF BORON TRIFLUORIDE

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1986

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Ohio State University

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The molecular quadrupole moment and the parallel polarizability of boron trifluoride have been calculated from previously measured values of the dipole moments of $BF_{3}$ containing van der Waals complexes.$^{(1)}$ The values are \begin{eqnarray*}\Theta_{zz}(BF_{3}) & =& 3.37\times 10^{-26}esu cm^{3}\\\alpha_{11}(BF_{3}) & =& 4.88 \times 10^{-24} cm^{3}.\end{eqnarray*} It is shown, by the success of this calculation, that previously reported statements (1) on the inapplicability of electrostatic calculations to deduce dipole moments of certain $BF_{3}$ containing complexes were in error. The results are used to understand the dipole moment of the complex $HCl BF_{3}$.

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$^{1}$ K.C. Janda, L.S. Bernstein, J.M. Steed, S.E. Novick, W. Klemperer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. $\underline{100}$, 8074 (1978). Address: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06457
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