The conformational properties of gaseous trichloromethyl chloroformate (or "diphosgene"), ClC(O)OCCl3, have been studied by vibrational spectroscopy [IR (gas), IR (matrix), and Raman (liquid)] and quantum chemical calculations (MP2 and B3LYP with 6-311G basis sets); in addition, the structure of a single crystal at low temperature has been determined by X-ray diffraction. ClC(O)OCCl3 exhibits only one conformational form having Cs symmetry with a synperiplanar orientation of the C-O single bond relative to the C=O double bond. The calculated energy difference between the syn and anti forms, 5.73 kcal mol(-1) (B3LYP) or 7.06 kcal mol(-1) (MP2), is consistent with the experimental findings for the gas and liquid phases. The crystalline solid at 150 K [monoclinic, P2(1)/n, a = 5.5578(5) angstroms, b = 14.2895(12) angstroms, c = 8.6246(7) angstroms, beta = 102.443(2) degrees, Z = 4] likewise consists only of molecules in the syn form.
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