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Table 6 Comparison between [CrOCl4]Ϫ and [VOCl4]Ϫ
The force constants
The symmetry coordinates used for the calculations are de-
fined in Table 2 and follow the numbering of atoms shown
in Figure 2.
[CrOCl4]Ϫ a)
[VOCl4]Ϫ b)
Experimental Calculated
Experimental Calculated
ν (MO)
f (MO)
d (MO)
ν (MCl4)
f (MCl)
d (MCl)
1021.0
1021.0
7.39
1.520
364.0, 346.0
1.44
2.252
1017.0
1013.0
7.26
1.541
368.0, 352.0
1.50
2.275
c)
d)
1.519
Ϫ
360.0, 346.0
368.0, 359.0
c)
d)
2.240
Ϫ
a) Experimental frequencies, and calculated frequencies and force constants
using the SQM force field [this work]; b) Experimental frequencies, and calcu-
lated frequencies and force constants using the SQM force field [5]; c) Bond
distances calculated with B3P86/6Ϫ31G* (Table 1 and text); d) From Ref. [6]
A comparison between [CrOCl4]؊ and [VOCl4]؊
The stretching frequencies, calculated force constants and
bond distances of [CrOCl4]Ϫ are compared in Table 6 with
those obtained for [VOCl4]Ϫ. It can be seen that the CrO
bond is somewhat stronger than the VO bond, as evidenced
by the greater stretching frequency and force constant,
whereas an inverse behaviour is shown by the CrCl and VCl
bonds. The bond distances are in accordance with the
vibrational data in the case of the MO bonds (a smaller
bond distance correspond to a stronger bond) but not for
the MCl bonds. No clear explanation was found for such
discrepancy.
Figure 2 Structure and definition of internal coordinates for
[CrOCl4]Ϫ.
Supplementary material. Observed vibrational bands, calculated ge-
ometry and frequencies and SQM force field matrix are provided
as Supplementary material.
The force constants were computed at the B3LYP/
6Ϫ31ϩG level of theory and then scaled according to the
process previously described in the Calculations section,
leading to a final RMSD ϭ 8.3 cmϪ1. The computed scale
factors are collected in Table 3. The SQM force field ob-
tained in that way was used to calculate the potential energy
distribution (PED), which gives the relative contribution of
each symmetry coordinate to the normal modes of vi-
bration. These values appear also in Table 4 and show that
most of the modes are well described by single symmetry
coordinates of Table 2, with the exception of the ν4 mode,
showing a mixing of the S4 and S5 coordinates, and the ν7
and ν8 modes, which show a strong mixing of the S7 and
S8 coordinates.
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Acknowledgements. S. A. Brandan thanks a grant of Banco Rio for
supporting this work. Grants from CIUNT (Consejo de Investiga-
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ciones, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman) and CONICET
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(Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientıficas y Tecnicas, R.
Argentina) are also gratefully acknowledged.
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Units are: mdyn AϪ1 for stretchings, stretching/stretching interactions and
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