ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 26, Number 4
JKCSEZ 26(4)
August 20, 1982 

Anisotropic rotation of CDCl3 in neat liquid is investigated by the analysis of ν1 band of Raman spectrum and the diffusion constant (D⊥) for the tumbling motion is obtained. The diffusion constant (D∥) for the spinning motion is obtained from the above D⊥ value and the chlorine-35 nuclear quadrupole relaxation time. The diffusion constants thus obtained seem to agree very well with the ones obtained from 2H and 35Cl in NQR results within experimental errors. The data suggest fairly anisotropic character of reorientational motions in neat CDCl3.