Vibrational Spectra and Gas-Phase Structure of N-Methyl-S,S-bis(trifluoromethyl)sulfimide, CH3N=S(CF3)2

FRANK TRAUTNER, ROSA M. S. ALVAREZ, EDGARDO H. CUTIN, NORMA L. ROBLES, RÜDIGER MEWS, HEINZ OBERHAMMER.

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

American Chemical Society

Lugar: Rochester , New York ; Año: 2005 vol. 44 p. 7590 - 7594

0020-1669

The molecular structure of N-methyl-S,S-bis(trifluoromethyl)sulfimide, CH3N=S(CF3)2, was determined by gas electron diffraction and quantum chemical calculations [B3LYP and MP2 with 6-31+G(2df,p) basis sets]. Furthermore, vibrational spectra, IR (gas) and Raman (liquid), were recorded. These spectra were assigned by comparison with analogous molecules and with calculated frequencies and intensities (HF, B3LYP, and MP2 with 6-311G* basis sets). All experimental data and computational methods result in a single conformer with syn orientation of the CH3 group relative to the bisector of the two CF3 groups. The molecule possesses C1 symmetry, slightly distorted from CS symmetry. The N=S bond length in this compound [1.522(10) Å] is longer than that in imidosulfur difluorides RN=SF2 [1.476(4) Å - 1.487(5) Å].