Gas electron diffraction analysis on S-methyl thioacetate, CH3C(O)SCH3.
The molecular structure of S-methyl thioacetate, CH3C(O)SCH3, was determined by gas electron diffraction (GED) with the assistance of quantum chemical calculations (B3LYP/6-31G and MP2/6-31G). Experimental and theoretical methods result in a structure with syn conformation (C=O double bond syn with respect to the S-C(H3) single bond). The following skeletal geometric parameters were derived from the GED analysis (ra values with 3sigma uncertainties): C=O = 1.214(3), C-C = 1.499(5), S-C(sp2) = 1.781(6), S-C(sp3) = 1.805(6) angstroms, O=C-C = 123.4(8) degrees, O=C-S = 122.8(5) degrees and C-S-C = 99.2(9) degrees.
CEQUINOR (CONICET), Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 47 esq. 115, (1900) La Plata, República Argentina. carlosdv@quimica.unlp.edu.ar
Carlos O
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Della Védova
Rosana M
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Romano
Heinz
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Oberhammer