Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.118, No.3, 579-582, 2014
Halogen Bond and Free Internal Rotation: The Microwave Spectrum of CF3Cl-Dimethyl Ether
The rotational spectra of two isotopologues of the molecular complex CF3Cl-dimethyl ether have been measured with pulsed jet Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. The rotational spectrum encodes information on the global minimum configuration, stabilized by a Cl center dot center dot center dot O halogen bond, and on the almost free rotation of the -CF3 group.