Determination of the "Privileged Structure" of 8-Hydroxyquinoline. 2021

Donald McNaughton, and Dennis Wachsmuth, and Peter Kraus, and Sven Herbers, and Juan Wang, and Jens-Uwe Grabow
School of Chemistry, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

An accurate semi-experimental equilibrium structure of 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) has been determined combining experiment and theory. The cm-wave rotational spectrum of 8-HQ was recorded in a pulsed supersonic jet using broadband dual-path reflection and narrowband Fabry-Perot-type resonator Fourier-transform microwave spectrometers. Accurate rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants and 14 N quadrupole coupling constants are determined. Rotational constants of all 13 C, 18 O and 15 N singly substituted isotopologues in natural abundance and those of a chemically synthesized OD isotopologue were used to obtain geometric parameters for all the heavy atoms and the hydroxyl hydrogen from a number of structure determination models. Theoretical approaches allowed for the determination of a semi-experimental equilibrium structure, in which computed rovibrational and electronic corrections were utilized to convert vibrational ground state constants into equilibrium constants. Despite the molecule having only a horizontal plane of symmetry and possessing 11 individual heavy atoms, microwave spectroscopy has allowed for a reliable and accurate structure determination. A mass dependent, structure was determined and proved to be equally reliable by comparison with the B3LYP-D3(BJ)/aVTZ equilibrium structure.

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