The molecular structure of the chloro-dodecafluorosubphthalocyaninato boron(III) (F-SubPc) was determinedwith use of Gas Electron Diffraction (GED) and high-le
vel quantum chemical calculations. The present resultsshow that the F-SubPc molecule has a cone-shaped configuration, isoindole units are not planar, and thepyrrole ring has an en
velope conformation. The structure parameters in the gas phase are determined. Somestructural details can be obser
ved such as the dihedral angle about the bond connecting the pyrrole ring andthe benzene ring being ca. 174
. High-le
vel theoretical calculations with se
veral extended basis sets for thismolecule ha
ve been carried out. The calculations are in
very good agreement with experimental methods:X-ray and GED. Ne
vertheless, some disagreements particularly related to the B-Cl bond distance found inGED are discussed. Vibrational frequencies were computed obtaining eight
values below 100 cm
-1 and threebending potentials were examined. They suggest that this molecule is
very flexible.