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. 2019 Nov 6;58(51):18557–18561. doi: 10.1002/anie.201911300

Table 2.

Selected structural parameters for the solid‐state (XRD) and the gas‐phase structures (GED or GED+RotC) for methyl nitrate (MN) and fluoromethyl nitrate (FMN). Distances are given in Å and angles in degrees.

Parameter

MN

FMN

XRD

GED+RotC

XRD

GED

C‐O

1.451(1)

1.425(3)

1.412(2)

1.385(3)

O1‐N

1.388(1)

1.403(2)

1.433(2)

1.454(2)

N‐O2

1.204(1)

1.205(1)

1.208(2)

1.190(2)

N‐O3

1.212(1)

1.198(1)

1.200(2)

1.185(1)

C‐F

1.379(2)

1.336(2)

C‐O‐N

113.3(1)

113.6(3)

113.3(1)

115.3(2)

O1‐N‐O2

118.5(1)

116.3(3)

118.1(1)

115.1(3)

O1‐N‐O3

112.9(1)

112.3(2)

111.9(1)

111.9(11)

O2‐N‐O3

128.6(1)

131.4(4)

130.1(1)

133.0(13)

F‐C‐O‐N

79.7(1)

74.7(8)