This is a link to MOVIEMOL which was used to generate the molecular images found on this webpage.
These are pictures of molecules that we have observed
the microwave spectra of in the Kukolich laboratory....
Fe(C5H4Cl)(C5H5)
This is chloroferrocene. The sandwich style structure
is quite rigid, the chlorinated ring is coordinated slightly closer to
the iron than the normal cyclopentadienyl group. A detailed analysis of
the microwave spectrum of this molecule can be found in the Journal
of Inorganic Chemistry Vol. 36 p. 2868, 1997
S3C6H12
This is trithiacyclononane, a dense spectrum indicates
that this molecule loses its threefold symmetry upon vaporization, one
possible conformation found by ab initio calculations is shown above.
The most recent results are shown here.
This molecule is known to coordinate to metal centers and stabilize unusual
oxidation states, several different structures of the sulfur ring bound
to metal atoms have been characterized in the solid state.
C5H5Rh(CO)2
This is cyclopentadienyl rhodium dicarbonyl. The Cp group
is shown in profile here and is an internally rotating top, the presence
of the carbonyls reduces the Cp group to twofold symmetry and thus produces
an extremely rich microwave spectrum.
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