The molecular structure of phosphabenzene. A theoretically predicted correction to the experimentally determined CC bond lengths

Volker Jonas, Gernot Frenking

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Abstract

Quantum-mechanical calculations at the Hartee-Fock and MP2 level of theory using various basis sets predict that the CC interatomic distances are nearly identical (rC2C3 = 1.396 Å, rC3C4 = 1.398 Å). This is at variance with the results of a combined electron diffraction and microwave study, which suggest that the C2C3 bond is longer (1.413 Å) than the C3C4 bond (1.384 Å).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-215
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume210
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Jul 1993
Externally publishedYes

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