Tri
chloromethyl thio
cyanate, CCl
3SCN, was stru
cturally studied in both the gas and
crystal phases by means of gas ele
ctron diffra
ction (GED) and single-
crystal X-ray diffra
ction (XRD), respe
ctively. Both experimental studies and quantum
chemi
cal
cal
culations indi
cate a staggered orientation of the CCl
3 group relative to the SCN group. This
con
clusion is supported by the similarity of the C−SCN bond length to that of the
anti-stru
cture of CH
2ClSCN (Berrueta Mart&ia
cute;nez et al.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015,
17, 15805–15812).[
cphc201600063-bib-0001" rel="references:#cphc201600063-bib-0001" class="link__reference js-link__reference" title="Link to bibliographic citation">1] Bond lengths and angles are similar for gas and
crystal CCl
3SCN stru
ctures; however, the
crystal stru
cture presents different intermole
cular intera
ctions. These in
clude halogen and
chal
cogen type intera
ctions, the geometry of whi
ch was studied. Chara
cteristi
c C-Y⋅⋅⋅N angles (Y=Cl or S)
close to 180° provide eviden
ce for typi
cal σ-hole intera
ctions along the halogen/
chal
cogen−
carbon bond in N⋅⋅⋅Cl and N⋅⋅⋅S, intermole
cular units.