Figure 4c. The Lever Exchange Mechanism in ClF3

A: Calculated Ground State Structure for ClF3
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Impose an orange/green/blue color scheme to follow the atoms undergoing exchange:
Begin equatorial and become axial orange
Begin axial and end axial green
Begin axial and become equatorial blue


 Calculated Transition State
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Tools to view the Lever Exchange Mechanism
  1. now turn
  2. Displacement
  3. then
    Compare to A
  4. View one Cycle of the Vibration:

    Compare final point (b) to B
B: Calculated Ground State Structure for ClF3
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Impose an orange/green/blue color scheme to follow the atoms undergoing exchange:
Begin equatorial and become axial orange
Begin axial and end axial green
Begin axial and become equatorial blue
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