Chlorine NQR on Derivatives of Chloral

Abstract

Abstract The 35Cl-NQR spectrum of several derivatives of chloral, Cl3CCHO, was studied in the ranee 77 K ≦ T ≦ Tm. By use of the spin echo double resonance technique a relative assignment of the resonances to different Cl3C-groups within one crystallized compound was possible. The solid compounds studied are: High temperature phase of chloral hydrate, Cl3CCH(OH)2; parachloral, (Cl3CCHO)3, (α-and ß-isomer); the two phases of chloral hemihydrate Cl3CCHO · 1/2 H2O; chloralide (II); chloralhemithiohydrate, Cl3CCHO · 1/2 H2S. The structure of the molecules in the solid state and the fade out of the NQR resonances are discussed.