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The novel chlorosulfuryl chloroformate, ClC(O)OSO 2 Cl, was prepared by the reaction of CCl 4 and SO 3 . Alternatively, the compound was obtained from the direct insertion reaction of SO 3 to Cl 2 C=O. The latter reaction constitutes also a confirmation of the proposed mechanism for the former one. Density functional theory and MP2 theoretical approximations predict the existence of two conformers, syn-gauche and syn-anti, depending on the value adopted by the dihedral angles χ(Cl-C-O-S) and χ (C-O-S-Cl). The structure of the syn-gauche conformer was determined by gas-phase electron diffraction (GED). The existence of the syn-anti conformer can be neither confirmed nor excluded by the GED experiment. Vibrational spectra (vapor-phase and argon-matrix Fourier transform infrared and liquid Fourier transform Raman) were interpreted by an equilibrium mixture between both conformers. Fil: Romano, Rosana Mariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Química Inorgánica "Dr. Pedro J. Aymonino". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Química Inorgánica "Dr. Pedro J. Aymonino"; Argentina Fil: Moreno Betancourt, Angelica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Química Inorgánica "Dr. Pedro J. Aymonino". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Química Inorgánica "Dr. Pedro J. Aymonino"; Argentina Fil: Della Védova, Carlos Omar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Química Inorgánica "Dr. Pedro J. Aymonino". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Química Inorgánica "Dr. Pedro J. Aymonino"; Argentina Fil: Zeng, Xiaoqing. Soochow University; China Fil: Beckers, Helmut. Freie Universität. Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Anorganische Chemie; Alemania Fil: Willner, Helge. Bergische Universität; Alemania Fil: Schwabedissen, Jan. Universitat Bielefeld; Alemania Fil: Mitzel, Norbert W.. Universitat Bielefeld; Alemania

The novel chlorosulfuryl chloroformate, ClC(O)OSO

Two explosive triazides of phosphorus(V), OP(N(3))(3) and SP(N(3))(3), have been prepared as neat substances and structurally characterized. Both compounds can be handled in gas, liquid, and solid states in submillimolar quantities. The melting points of OP(N(3))(3) and SP(N(3))(3) are +22 and -30 °C, respectively. The two triazides have been characterized by IR (Ar matrix and gas phase) and Raman (solid) spectroscopies. Their single-crystal structures were obtained by X-ray diffraction and found to be significantly distorted from the predicted ideal C(3) symmetry because of intermolecular interactions. The spectroscopic and structural properties are discussed in combination with density functional theory calculations.

The chlorosulfanyl thiocyanate molecule, ClSSCN, was generated in the gas phase through heterogeneous reaction of SCl2 on the surface of finely powdered AgSCN for the first time. The reaction products were detected and characterized in situ by ultraviolet photoelectron and photoionization mass spectrometry. The molecular geometry and electronic structures of ClSSCN were investigated by a combination of PES experiment and theoretical calculations with the density functional theory and ab initio methods. It was found that the outermost electrons of ClSSCN reside in the Cl-S antibonding pi orbital, predominantly localized on the sulfur atom, and the experimental first vertical ionization potential of ClSSCN is 10.20 eV. The dominant fragment SSCN+ in the mass spectrum indicates that the ClSSCN cation prefers the dissociation of the Cl-S bond.

Sulfuryl diazide, O(2)S(N(3))(2), previously described as an "exceedingly explosive" compound, has been isolated and characterized by IR (Ar matrix, gas) and Raman (solid) spectroscopy, and its structure has been determined by X-ray crystallography. It has a melting point of -15 °C and can be handled in small quantities in gas, liquid, and solid states. Vibrational spectroscopic studies suggest the presence of only one conformer in both gas and solid states, and the X-ray crystallography revealed an anti conformation of the two azido groups with respect to the NSN plane. Calculations predict the anti (C(2)) conformer to be 6.6 kJ mol(-1) lower in energy than the syn (C(s)) one at the CBS-QB3 level of theory. The related chlorosulfuryl azide, ClSO(2)N(3), has also been prepared and characterized by IR and Raman spectroscopy.

Difluorophosphoryl azide, F(2)P(O)N(3), was fully characterized by (19)F, (31)P, (14)N, and (15)N NMR, as well as by IR (gas, Ar-matrix), and Raman (liquid, solid) spectroscopy. For comparison the vibrational spectra of the isoelectronic difluorophosphoryl isocyanate, F(2)P(O)NCO was also studied. Both molecules were found to exist as single rotamers in the gas, liquid, and solid states. Their solid-state structures were determined by X-ray crystallography as the rotamers with the P=O bond being cis to the pseudohalide groups (with respect to the P-N bond). The F(2)P(O)N(3) molecule exhibits approximate C(s) symmetry (phi(O1P1-N1N2) = -0.7(3) degrees), while F(2)P(O)NCO is significantly distorted from C(s) symmetry (phi(O1P1-N1C1) = -18.9(5) degrees) because of intermolecular C...O contacts. The crystal structure of difluorophosphoric acid anhydride, F(2)(O)POP(O)F(2), was also determined, possessing crystallographic C(2) symmetry with the two F(2)PO groups slightly staggered by 10.66(7) degrees along the P...P vector, and a P-O-P angle of 140.89(10) degrees for the bridging oxygen atom. The experimental results are supported by quantum chemical calculations, and the conformational properties of F(2)P(O)N(3) and F(2)P(O)NCO are discussed.