Nuclear Quadrupole Coupling in Chlorite Ion

Abstract

Chlorine pure quadrupole spectra have been observed in silver chlorite and sodium chlorite at room temperature. The observed coupling constant of 108.16 mcps for silver chlorite is discussed in terms of a simple model of the electronic structure, in which the magnitude of the apparent coupling constant may be understood as resulting from a highly asymmetric field gradient ellipsoid and from residual positive charge on the chlorine atom.