AVERAGE AND EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES OF METHYL-FLUORIDE STUDIED BY ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION - A JOINT ANALYSIS WITH ROTATIONAL-CONSTANTS AND CUBIC FORCE-CONSTANTS

Electron diffraction intensity of methyl fluoride was measured and analyzed jointly with the rotational constants, Ao and Bo, of the normal species. The following structure was derived: rg(CF) = 1.391(1) Å, rg(CH) = 1.108(1) Å and βz(FCH) = 108.7(2)°, where the numbers in parentheses represent estimated limits of error. The effective anharmonic constants were derived using the rotational constants and the l-type doubling constants; the cubic force constants calculated by Kondo using a 6-311G** (MP2) basis set were also incorporated in the analysis. The following equilibrium structure was derived from the rz structure and the effective anharmonic constants: re(CF) = 1.383(1) Å, re(CH) = 1.086(2) Å and βe(FCH) = 108.8(3)°. © 1987.