The structure factor Sm(Q) for liquid acetyl chloride at room temperature has been determined in the range Q, 0.9–27 Å−1, by means of the time-of-flight (TOF) neutron diffraction method using the electron linear accelerator (LINAC). The structural parameters of CD3COCl, bond distances, bond angles, and rms amplitudes, in liquid phase have been determined by a comparison of calculated curves with observed data, and it has been concluded that a molecule within the liquid takes an essentially identical conformation as a rotational isomer with that in gaseous phase, which was determined by microwave spectroscopy.
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Ohtomo et al. (1980) studied this question.