The Perfluoro‐o‐phenylene‐mercury Trimer [Hg(o‐C6F4)]3 – a Textbook Example of Phase‐Dependent Structural Differences
Nina I. Giricheva,
Natalya V. Tverdova,
Arseniy A. Otlyotov
et al.
Abstract:The geometric and electronic structure of [Hg(o‐C6F4)]3 (1) in the gas phase, i.e. free of intermolecular interactions, was determined by a synchronous gas‐phase electron diffraction/mass spectrometry experiment (GED/MS), complemented by quantum chemical calculations. 1 is stable up to 498 K and the gas phase contains a single molecular form: the trimer [Hg(o‐C6F4)]3. It has a planar structure of D3h symmetry with a Hg–C distance of 2.075(5) Å and a Hg–Hg distance of 3.614(7) Å (both rh1). Structural diffe… Show more
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