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Molecular structure of 3,4-difluorofuran-2,5-dione (difluoromaleic anhydride) as determined by electron diffraction and microwave spectroscopy in the gas phase and by theoretical computations
Abdo, Basil T.
, p. 1758 - 1767 (2007/10/03)
The structure of 3,4-difluorofuran-2,5-dione has been determined experimentally in the gas phase by microwave spectroscopy using rotation constants derived from five isotopomers and by a combined analysis of electrondiffraction and microwave data. The geometry is planar with C2v symmetry. Structural parameters [distances (rαo)/pm, angles a/deg, (1α errors)] for the combined analysis are: r(C=O) = 119.0(1); r(C-F) = 130.9(2); r(C=C) = 133.2(3); r(O-C) = 139.3(1); KC-C) = 148.5(2); C-C=C = 108.3(1); ZC=C-F = 129.9-(1); C-C=O = 129.3(1); C-O-C = 108.9(1); O-C-C = 107.2(1). These values are in excellent agreement with those obtained in an ab initio study of the molecular geometry at the MP2/6-311+G (2df) level of theory. The dipole moment of difluoromaleic anhydride has been determined experimentally by Starkeffect measurements to be 1.867(3) D.