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Molecular structure of trans-cinnamaldehyde as determined by gas electron diffraction aided by DFT calculations
Title: | Molecular structure of trans-cinnamaldehyde as determined by gas electron diffraction aided by DFT calculations |
Authors: | Toru, Egawa Browse this author | Matsumoto, Rui Browse this author | Yamamoto, Daisuke Browse this author | Takeuchi, Hiroshi Browse this author |
Keywords: | Trans-cinnamaldehyde | Molecular structure | Conformation | Gas electron diffraction | DFT calculations |
Issue Date: | 15-Dec-2008 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Journal Title: | Journal of Molecular Structure |
Volume: | 892 |
Issue: | 1-3 |
Start Page: | 158 |
End Page: | 162 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.05.017 |
Abstract: | The molecular structure of trans-cinnamaldehyde ((E)-3-phenyl-2-propenal) was determined by means of gas electron diffraction. The nozzle temperature was 165 ℃. The results of B3LYP calculations with the 6-31G** basis set were used as supporting information. It was found that this molecule has two stable conformers, s-cis and s-trans, which differ in the orientation of the -CH=O group. Their abundances at 165 ℃ were determined to be 25±19% and 75%, for the s-cis and s-trans, respectively. This conformational composition is consistent with the prediction by the theoretical calculations. The determined structural parameters (rg and ∠α) of the more abundant conformer, s-trans, of trans-cinnamaldehyde are as follows: <r(C–C)ring> = 1.398(1) Å; r(C=C) = 1.348 Å (←); r(C1–C) = 1.470(8) Å; r(C–C(=O)) = 1.473(←) Å; r(C=O) = 1.225(6) Å; <r(C–H)> = 1.116(6) Å; ∠C6–C1–C2 = 118.6(3)°; ∠C1–C2–C = 121.0(←)°; ∠C–C6–C1 = 121.4(←)°; ∠C2–C1–C(=C) = 122.0(26)°; ∠C1–C=C = 128.3(26)°; ∠C=C–CO = 115.3(27)°; ∠C–C=O = 126.6(19)°. The C1, C2 and C6 atoms are on the ring with the C1 attached to the -CH=CH–CHO group, and the C2 and C6 are on the cis and trans sides to the C=C bond, respectively. Angle brackets denote average values; parenthesized values are the estimated limits of error (3σ) referring to the last significant digit; left arrows in the parentheses mean that the differences to the preceding parameters are fixed. |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/35489 |
Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 竹内 浩
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