CHARACTERISTIC VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES OF OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF SILICON, PHOSPHORUS, AND CHLORINE: CORRELATION OF STRETCHING FREQUENCIES AND FORCE CONSTANTS WITH BOND LENGTHS AND BOND ORDERS

Abstract

For oxygen compounds of chlorine, phosphorus, and silicon, respectively, correlations are established between stretching frequencies and force constants of Cl—O, P—O, and Si—O bonds, and their bond lengths.By deducing bond orders on the assumption that only [Formula: see text]and [Formula: see text] orbitals on the central chlorine, phosphorus, or silicon atom are utilized in the formation of double bonds with lone pairs of electrons on oxygen, linear correlations between bond orders and force constants are established.The present treatment leads to the conclusion that the presence of a maximum of 12 electrons in the valency shells of chlorine, phosphorus, and silicon is required to best explain the bond length and force constant data, when highly electronegative ligands such as oxygen or fluorine are attached to the central silicon, phosphorus, or chlorine atom.