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Temperature-Dependent, Effective Structures of the 14NH3 and 14ND3 Molecules.
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PMID:  22471770     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Measurements result in effective, usually temperature-dependent structural parameters of molecules, and never directly in equilibrium structures, which are theoretical constructs. A recent high-accuracy semiglobal potential energy surface (PES) of the electronic ground state of the ammonia molecule, called NH3-Y2010 (J. Mol. Spectrosc. 2011, 268, 123), which exhibits mass-independent equilibrium NH bond length and HNH bond angle of 1.0109 A and 106.75 deg, respectively, is employed together with the variational nuclear motion code GENIUSH (J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 130, 134112, ibid. 2011, 134, 074105) to determine directly measurable, effective structural parameters of the14NH3 and 14ND3 molecules. The effective rg- and ra-type NH(ND) distances determined at 300 K are 1.0307(1.0254) and 1.0256(1.0217) A, respectively, with an estimated accuracy of 2x10-4 A. The effective thetag HNH and DND bond angles at 300 K are 106.91 deg and 106.85 deg, respectively. The root-mean-square amplitudes of vibration, lg, for the NH(ND) distances at 300 K are 0.073(0.062) A. These structural parameters confirm the less accurate results of a room-temperature gas-electron-diffraction study (J. Chem. Phys. 1968, 49, 2488, all data in A): $r_{\rm g}$(NH) = 1.030(2), $l_{\rm g}$(NH) = 0.073(2), $r_{\rm g}$(ND) = 1.027(3), and $l_{\rm g}$(ND) = 0.061(2). The computed difference in the $r_{\mr{g},T}$(NH) bond lengths of the two spin isomers (ortho and para forms) of $^{14}$NH$_3$ is $3 \times 10^{-5}$ \AA\ at 0~K, the difference diminishes at temperatures of about 30--50 K.
Authors:
Istvan Szabo; Csaba Fabri; Gabor Czako; Edit Matyus; Attila G Császár
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-4-3
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Title:  The journal of physical chemistry. A     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1520-5215     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
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Created Date:  2012-4-4     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9890903     Medline TA:  J Phys Chem A     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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