Can the pre-equilibrium molecular complex in a reactive mixture of ethene and chlorine be characterised? : an answer from rotational spectroscopy
Abstract
The rotational spectrum of a complex of C2v symmetry has been detected in a mixture of ethene and molecular chlorine by using a pulsed nozzle, Fourier-transform microwave spectrometer; the Cl2 molecule lies along the C2 axis of ethene that is perpendicular to the molecular plane and interacts only weakly with the π bond.