Abstract
The molecular geometry of 2-nitrophenol has been determined by a joint investigation of gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio molecular orbital calculations. RHF/6-31G * , RHF/6-31G ** , and MP2/6-31G * optimizations were used to determine small parameter differences, such as Δ(N=O), Δ(C-C), and Δ(C-N=O), which in turn were utilized as constraints in an electron diffraction structure analysis. The present experimental and calculated geometries are consistent regarding (i) the planarity of the molecule and (ii) all the structural features including strong hydrogen bonding between the nitro group oxygen and hydroxy hydrogen and the structural changes in the rest of the molecule as compared with phenol and nitrobenzene on the one hand and 2-nitroresorcinol on the other
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