15min:

JODI M. SZARKO, RANGANATHAN SUBRAMANIAN, WALLACE C. PRINGLE AND STEWART E. NOVICK, Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459.

The microwave spectrum of chlorocyclobutane was reported in 1966. We have measured the microwave spectrum of argon chlorocyclobutane as part of our on-going research on bonding and dynamics of four-membered ring containing van der Waals complexes. Preliminary results show that the four-membered ring remains puckered in the complex. An analysis based partially on the nuclear quadrupole coupling projections of the ³⁵Cl nucleus will be presented.