Abstract
From the temperature dependence of the statistically averaged proton–fluorine spin–spin coupling constant 〈JT, the coupling constants associated with and the enthalpy difference between the stable isomers of a number of mono- and di-substituted acetyl fluorides have been determined by a least-squares method. JHF trans and JHF gauche were found to be of opposite sign in these molecules but the enthalpy differences determined were more comparable with the corresponding gas-phase values than with the liquid-phase value of 8·25 kJ mol–1 for chloroacetyl fluoride obtained from intensity studies of i.r. bands.

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