• Source: Bartell mechanism

The Bartell mechanism is a pseudorotational mechanism similar to the Berry mechanism. It occurs only in molecules with a pentagonal bipyramidal molecular geometry, such as IF7. This mechanism was first predicted by H. B. Bartell. The mechanism exchanges the axial atoms with one pair of the equatorial atoms with an energy requirement of about 2.7 kcal/mol. Similarly to the Berry mechanism in square planar molecules, the symmetry of the intermediary phase of the vibrational mode is "chimeric" of other mechanisms; it displays characteristics of the Berry mechanism, a "lever" mechanism seen in pseudorotation of disphenoidal molecules, and a "turnstile" mechanism (which can be seen in trigonal bipyramidal molecules under certain conditions).




References






See also


Pseudorotation
Bailar twist
Berry mechanism
Ray–Dutt twist
Fluxional molecule

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Bartell mechanism
• Bartell
• Van der Waals strain
• Berry mechanism
• Iodine heptafluoride
• Fluxional molecule
• Pseudorotation
• Ray–Dutt twist
• Bailar twist
• Cross-cultural communication