High-resolution study of the ν1/ν5 and 2ν1/ν1+ν5 P-H stretching bands of PH2D

The P-H stretching bands ν₁/ν₅ and 2ν₁/ν₁+ν₅ were recorded using a Bruker 120 HR interferometer with a resolution of 0.0042 and 0.0088 cm⁻¹, respectively, and analyzed. From the fits 33 and 50, respectively, vibrational, rotational, centrifugal distortion, and resonance interaction parameters were obtained. These reproduce 668 and 497 rovibrational energies of the pairs of states ν₁/ν₅ and 2ν₁/ν₁+ν₅ with experimental accuracies, rms=0.00016 and , respectively. “Local mode” behavior of the PH₂ fragment is established and discussed in detail.     

High resolution rovibrational spectroscopy of pyrimidine: Analysis of the B1 modes ν10b and ν4 and B2 mode ν6b

We report the first high resolution rovibrational analysis of the infrared spectrum of pyrimidine (C₄H₄N₂) based on measurements using our Fourier transform spectrometer, the Bruker IFS 125 HR Zürich Prototype (ZP) 2001. Measurements were conducted at room temperature in a White-type cell with effective optical path lengths between 3.2 and 9.6 m and with resolutions ranging from 0.0008 to 0.0018 cm⁻¹ in the region between 600 and 1000 cm⁻¹. The spectrum was analyzed in the ν₄ (), ν_10b () and ν_6b regions of pyrimidine () using an effective Hamiltonian. A total of about 15 000 rovibrational transitions were assigned. The root mean square deviations of the fitted data are in the ranges d_rms = 0.00018-0.00024 cm⁻¹, indicating an excellent agreement of experimental line data with the calculations. The results are discussed briefly in relation to possible extensions to spectra of DNA bases and to intramolecular vibrational redistribution at higher energy. The analysis of the ν_10b and ν₄ bands will also be useful in the interstellar search for pyrimidine in the infrared region.     

High-resolution infrared and theoretical study of the fundamental bands ν2, ν4 and ν9 and the c-Coriolis interacting dyad ν5, ν14 of 1,3,4-thiadiazole

The Fourier transform gas-phase IR spectrum of 1,3,4-thiadiazole, C₂H₂N₂S, has been recorded with a resolution of ca. 0.003 cm⁻¹ in the 800-1500 cm⁻¹ spectral region. Five fundamental bands ν₂(A₁; 1391.9 cm⁻¹), ν₄(A₁; 964.4 cm⁻¹), ν₅(A₁; 894.6 cm⁻¹), ν₉(B₁; 821.5 cm⁻¹), and ν₁₄(B₂; 898.4 cm⁻¹) have been analysed using the Watson model. Ground state rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants as well as upper state spectroscopic constants have been obtained from fits. The ν₄ and ν₉ bands are unperturbed while a strong c-Coriolis resonance perturbs the close-lying ν₅ and ν₁₄ bands. This dyad system has been analysed by a model including first and second order c-Coriolis resonance using the theoretically predicted Coriolis coupling constant . The ν₂ band is strongly perturbed by a local resonance, and we obtain a set of spectroscopic parameters using a model including second order a-Coriolis resonance with the inactive ν₁₀ + ν₁₄ band. Ground state rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants, anharmonic frequencies, and vibration-rotational α-constants predicted by quantum chemical calculations using a cc-pVTZ basis and B3LYP methodology, have been compared with the present experimental data, where there is generally good agreement.     

High-resolution infrared and theoretical study of the fundamental bands ν6, ν7, ν9 and ν13 of 1,2,3-thiadiazole

The Fourier transform gas-phase IR spectrum of 1,2,3-thiadiazole, C₂H₂N₂S, has been recorded with a resolution of ca. 0.003 cm⁻¹ in the 700-1100 cm⁻¹ spectral region. Four fundamental bands ν₆(A^/; 1101.8 cm⁻¹), ν₇(A^/; 1038.8 cm⁻¹), ν₉(A^/, 858.9 cm⁻¹), and ν₁₃(A^//; 746.2 cm⁻¹) have been analyzed using the Watson model in A-reduction. Two additional bands, ν₈ (A^/; 894.6 cm⁻¹) and ν₁₂(A^//; 881.2 cm⁻¹) were assigned by their weak Q-branches. Ground state rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants as well as upper state spectroscopic constants have been obtained from fits. A number of weak global and local interactions are present in the bands. The resonances identified were qualitatively explained by Coriolis type perturbations with neighboring levels. Ground state rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants, anharmonic frequencies, and vibration-rotational α-constants predicted by quantum chemical calculations using a cc-pVTZ basis and B3LYP methodology, have been compared with the present experimental data, where there is generally good agreement.     

High resolution infrared study of SbHD2: The ground state and the Sb-H stretching bands ν1 and 2ν1

High resolution infrared spectra of ¹²¹SbHD₂ and ¹²³SbHD₂ have been studied in the region of ν₁, the Sb-H stretching fundamental, from 1780 to 1990 cm⁻¹. The 2ν₁ stretching overtone band of ¹²³SbHD₂, located in the 3640-3790 cm⁻¹ range, has also been investigated. The SbHD₂ molecule is an asymmetric rotor of C_s symmetry with the asymmetry parameter κ = 0.61. The ν₁ band is of hybrid type, formed by strong C-type and weak B-type transitions, and almost unperturbed. For ¹²³SbHD₂, 2092 transitions have been assigned: 70% of these belong to the C component, the other 30% are of B-type. The assigned transitions have been fitted using a Watson type S-reduced Hamiltonian in the III^l representation, with a standard deviation of the fit σ = 0.45 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. In order to determine the ground state parameters all possible ground state combination differences (GSCD) have been generated from the ν₁ transitions. In total, 3942 GSCD up to J^″ = 27,  = 25, and  = 20 have been fitted with σ = 0.52 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. Only C-type transitions have been observed in the weak 2ν₁ overtone band. The 556 assigned transitions have been fitted with σ = 2.6 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹ using the same Hamiltonian as for ν₁. In the ν₁ band of ¹²¹SbHD₂ 771 C-type transitions have been assigned, and the v₁=1 spectroscopic constants obtained from a fit with σ = 0.70 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. Using 618 GSCD the ground state spectroscopic constants of ¹²¹SbHD₂ have been derived with σ = 1.0 × 10⁻³ cm⁻¹. The molecular parameters for the ground and the v₁=1 states of the two isotopologues agree well. The quartic theoretical ab initio force field of SbH₃ has been used to predict all relevant spectroscopic parameters for ¹²³SbHD₂, ¹²¹SbHD₂, ¹²³SbH₂D, and ¹²¹SbH₂D. Relations between the harmonic frequencies and between the anharmonicity constants obtained in the expanded local mode theory, for the XH₃ → XH₂D/XHD₂ isotopic substitution, have been compared with those obtained in the present study.     

The 2ν1, 2ν2 and 2ν3 overtones of FClO3

The infrared spectra of the 2ν₁, 2ν₂ and 2ν₃ overtones of perchloryl fluoride, FClO₃, have been recorded at high resolution using monoisotopic pure samples. Four symmetric top species have been investigated: F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃, F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃, F³⁵Cl¹⁸O₃ and F³⁷Cl¹⁸O₃. The v_i = 2, i = 1, 2, 3 vibrationally excited states are totally symmetric, so these overtones correspond to parallel bands of medium/weak intensity, centered from 2010 to 2120 cm⁻¹ (2ν₁), from 1390 to 1430 cm⁻¹ (2ν₂) and from 1070 to 1100 cm⁻¹ (2ν₃). Most of the bands are unperturbed and their analysis was straightforward. The band origins, the rotational and centrifugal molecular constants in the v₁ = 2, v₂ = 2 and v₃ = 2 states have been determined, with standard deviations of the fits from 0.00024 to 0.00067 cm⁻¹. The 2ν₁ overtones of F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃ and F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ are perturbed by an A₁/E Coriolis resonance between the v₁ = 2 state and one E component of the v₄ = 1, v₆ = 2 manifold. The 2ν₂ of F³⁷Cl¹⁸O₃ is perturbed by the same kind of interaction involving the v₁ = v₆ = 1 (E) state, at about 1396 cm⁻¹. In these bands the resonance is localized on rotational levels with specific J and K values. As a consequence, a few transitions of the perpendicular bands involving the interacting levels could be identified in the spectra. A simultaneous fit of the transitions assigned to the dyads has been performed and the parameters of the excited states have been determined, including the high order Coriolis interaction coefficient . The anharmonic constants x₁₁, x₂₂, x₃₃ of all the studied isotopologues of FClO₃, x₄₆ of F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃, x₄₆ + g₄₆ of F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ and x₁₆ of F³⁷Cl¹⁸O₃, have been derived.     

The overtone spectrum of carbonyl sulfide in the region of the ν1+4ν3 and 5ν3 bands by ICLAS-VECSEL

The high-resolution overtone spectrum of OCS has been recorded in the region of the ν₁+4ν₃ and 5ν₃ bands by intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy based on an optically pumped vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL). The extremely weak ν₁+4ν₃ band at was found to be isolated. The 5ν₃ band at is accompanied by two weaker bands at 9933.53 and assigned to the 12⁰4-00⁰0 and 04⁰4-00⁰0 bands, respectively. In addition, the 01¹5-01¹0 hot band was detected together with the extremely weak band heads of the R branch of the 02^0,25-02^0,20 hot bands. Finally, the 5ν₃ band of the ¹⁶O¹²C³⁴S minor isotopomer, present in natural abundance in the sample, was also observed and rotationally analyzed. Effective state parameters could be retrieved by standard band-by-band rotational fitting of the line positions, leading to a typical rms of . The observed line positions were compared to the predictions of the global model described by Rhaibi et al. [J. Mol. Spectrosc. 191 (1998) 32-44]. In general, the agreement is excellent, close to the experimental uncertainty () thus confirming the high predictive ability of this effective Hamiltonian model. Weak but significant deviations up to were, however, identified for two rotational levels of the highly excited 2,16⁰,0 dark state, observed through a local interaction with the 00⁰5 state. In the case of the ¹⁶O¹²C³⁴S isotopomer, the predicted line wavenumbers of the 5ν₃ band were globally overestimated by about . The new data have been included in the corresponding global model, leading to almost unchanged values of the molecular parameters and a statistical agreement with the experiment.     

Stimulated Emission Pumping Spectroscopy of SiH2: First Observation of the Spin-Orbit Interaction between the X?A1 and the ãB1 States

Stimulated emission pumping spectra of the ùB₁-X?¹A₁ transition of the SiH₂ radical were observed in order to obtain information about the ã³B₁ state through the spin-orbit interaction. The vibrational level structure of the X? state, which is the basis for the present observation of the triplet state, was well described with a polyad structure, in which both the 1ν₁ : 2ν₂ Fermi and the 2ν₁ : 2ν₃ Darling-Dennison anharmonic resonances were considered. In the P=10 polyad, four sets of spin-orbit perturbations were observed for the first time. The triplet state observed at about 9640 cm⁻¹ from the (000) level of the X? state was tentatively assigned as the ã³B₁ (030) level. An analysis of the spin-orbit interaction showed that the interaction energies of the spin-orbit coupling are 0.73-3.13 cm⁻¹. This value is rather smaller than that expected based on the comparison with CH₂. This is considered to be due to poor overlap between the vibrational wave functions in the ã and the X? state.     

High resolution Fourier transform infrared spectra and analysis of the ν14, ν15 and ν16 bands of azetidine

Rotationally resolved vibrational spectra of the three lowest frequency bands of the four-membered heterocycle azetidine (c-C₃H₆NH) have been collected with a resolution of 0.00096 cm⁻¹ using the far infrared beamline at the Canadian Light Source synchrotron. The modes observed correspond principally to motions best described as: β-CH₂ rock (ν₁₄) at 736.701310(7) cm⁻¹, ring deformation (ν₁₅) at 648.116041(8) cm⁻¹, and the ring puckering mode (ν₁₆) at 207.727053(9) cm⁻¹. A global fit of 14 276 rovibrational transitions from the three bands provided an accurate set of ground state spectroscopic constants as well as excited state parameters for each of the three vibrational modes. The ground state structure was determined to be that of the puckered conformer having the NH bond in an equatorial arrangement.     

High resolution analysis of the ν7 and ν9 bands of DCOOH

The 7¹ and 9¹ vibrational states of deuterated species of formic acid molecule DCOOH have been recorded by a FTIR spectrometer in the region 450- at a resolution of and a millimeter wave spectrometer. In the analysis microwave transitions from literature were used in addition to 14 835 assigned IR and 114 millimeter wave lines in the 7¹ and 9¹ vibrational states. The analysis resulted in band origins, rotational, centrifugal distortion, and eight interaction parameters of the Coriolis coupled 7¹ and 9¹ vibrational states. RMS deviation of the fit was for the IR data and the maximum values of J and K_a quantum numbers in the fit were 64, 28 and 64, 30 for 7¹ and 9¹ states, respectively.     

The ν1, ν4 and 3ν6 bands of methyl chloride in the 3.4-μm region: Line positions and intensities

Methyl chloride (CH₃Cl) is one of the most abundant chlorine-containing molecules in the atmosphere. For this reason a recent update was performed in HITRAN in the 640-2600 cm⁻¹ region based on the line parameters generated in Nikitin et al. [Nikitin A, Champion JP, Bürger H. J Mol Spectrosc 2005;230:174-84] with the intensities scaled to existing experimental data. CH₃Cl has a rather strong signature around 3000 cm⁻¹ which was used recently by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) satellite mission to produce the first study of the global distribution of methyl chloride in the upper troposphere and stratosphere. However, it was mentioned that the CH₃Cl line positions and intensities spectroscopic parameters are of very low quality in this spectral region in the public access HITRAN or GEISA databases. We present a complete update of the line positions and line intensities for the ν₁, ν₄, 3ν₆ bands of CH₃ ³⁵Cl and CH₃ ³⁷Cl in the 3.4 μm region. For this task, Fourier transform spectra have been recorded at high resolution at the Laboratoire de Dynamique, Interactions et Réactivité in France. Measurements of line positions and line intensities have been retrieved for both isotopologues ¹²CH₃ ³⁵Cl and ¹²CH₃ ³⁷Cl in the ν₁, ν₄, 3ν₆ bands. The theoretical model accounts for the interactions coupling the (ν₁=1; ?=0), (ν₄=1; ?=±1) and (ν₆=3; ?=±1) energy levels, together with additional resonances involving several dark states.     

H2-broadening coefficients in the ν2 and ν4 bands of PH3

H₂-broadening coefficients are measured for 41 transitions of PH₃ in the QR branch of the ν₂ band and the PP, RP, and PQ branches of the ν₄ band, using a tunable diode-laser spectrometer. The recorded lines with J values ranging from 2 to 16 and K from 0 to 11 are located between 995 and . The collisional widths are determined by fitting each spectral line with a Voigt profile, a Rautian profile, and a speed-dependent Rautian profile. The latter model provides larger broadening coefficients than the Voigt model. These coefficients γ₀(J,K) are found to decrease slightly on the whole as J increases and they decrease significantly for K values approaching or equal to J(J?4). The H₂-broadenings are also calculated on the basis of a semiclassical model of interacting linear molecules, using an atom-atom Lennard-Jones potential in addition to the weak electrostatic contributions. The theoretical results are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data and reproduce the J and K dependencies of the broadenings, but the decrease observed for the QR(J,K) transitions with K=J is notably overestimated.     

Line shifts in the ν2, 2ν2, and ν4 bands of NH3 perturbed by O2

Pressure-induced line shift coefficients have been measured for more than 200 rovibrational lines of NH₃ perturbed by O₂ at room temperature (T = 295 K) in some branches of the ν₂, 2ν₂, and ν₄ bands. These lines with J values ranging from 1 to 13 are located in the spectral range 800-1800 cm⁻¹. Experiments were made with a high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer. The treatment of vibration-rotation lines includes interference effects caused by the overlapping of lines. The O₂ pressure-induced shift coefficients have been derived from the non-linear least-squares multi-pressure fitting technique. The results illustrate a vibrational dependence of line shifts with vibrational quantum number. Most of the measured shifts are negative in the ν₄ band. They are positive for the ν₂ and 2ν₂ bands. The measured shift coefficients are compared with previous measurements and with those calculated from a semiclassical theory based upon the Robert-Bonamy formalism extended to the case of symmetric top molecule with inversion motion. The predictions are generally in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data. Analyses of measured and predicted results illustrate that these shifts mainly originate from the isotropic part of the intermolecular potential.     

High resolution study of AsHD2: Ground state and the three bending fundamental bands ν3, ν4, and ν6

For the first time the infrared spectrum of the AsHD₂ molecule has been measured in the region of the bending fundamental bands ν₃, ν₄, and ν₆ on a Fourier transform spectrometer with a resolution of 0.0024 cm⁻¹ and analyzed. More than 5500 transitions with J^max = 26 have been assigned and used both to obtain “ground state combination differences” and for the determination of upper state ro-vibrational energies of the triad (001000), (000100), and (000001). Rotational parameters including centrifugal distortion coefficients up to octic terms of the ground vibrational state were calculated by fitting more than 500 “ground state combination differences” with J^max and . The obtained set of 24 parameters provides a rms-deviation of 0.00011 cm⁻¹. The upper energies were fitted with 52 parameters of an effective Hamiltonian which takes into account strong resonance interactions between all vibrational states of the triad (001000), (000100), and (000001). The rms-deviation for the energy levels considered in the fit is 0.00014 cm⁻¹.     

The high resolution infrared bands ν1, ν2, ν4 and ν2 + ν5 of FClO3

The high resolution infrared spectrum of mono-isotopic F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ has been studied in the regions of ν₁, ν₂, ν₄ and ν₂ + ν₅ bands, centered at 1060.20, 707.16, 1301.71 and 1292.15 cm⁻¹, respectively. The ν₁ and ν₂ parallel bands are unperturbed so their analysis was straightforward and 3355 and 2433 transitions were assigned, respectively. The band origins, the rotational and centrifugal molecular constants in the v₁ = 1 and v₂ = 1 states have been determined, with standard deviation of the fits σ = 0.00019 and 0.00018 cm⁻¹. The ν₄ fundamental is affected by an anharmonic resonance with the ν₂ + ν₅ combination band. The kl > 0 sublevels cross at kl ? 27 because of the opposite values of and . The anharmonic resonance constant  cm⁻¹ has been derived. The Δl = Δk = ±2 and Δl = 0, Δk = ±3 essential resonances have been found to be effective in ν₄, while in ν₂ + ν₅ only the Δl = Δk = ±2 one was active. A total of 5721 transitions have been assigned, 25% of them belonging to ν₂ + ν₅. The rovibrational parameters and the interaction constants of F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃ have been obtained. The standard deviation of the fit is 0.0006 cm⁻¹, six times the estimated data precision. The equilibrium geometry of perchloryl fluoride has been determined from the A_e and B_e constants of F³⁵Cl¹⁶O₃ and F³⁷Cl¹⁶O₃. Using the A₀ and B₀ constants of all the symmetric species the r₀ geometry has also been derived.     

Simultaneous analysis of the 2ν2, 2ν5, and ν2 + ν5 vibration-rotation bands of CH3Br

Previous studies of the parallel bands 2ν₂ and $\text{2ν}{}_5{}^0$ of CH₃Br by the two first authors have been completed by the analysis of the weaker perpendicular band ν₂ + ν₅, centered near 2745 cm^?1. It is well known that the v₂ = 1 and v₅ = 1 states of methylbromide are linked by an x-y-type Coriolis interaction. Therefore, in the 2500–2900-cm^?1 range, the levels

$\text{(v}{}_2\text{=2), (v}{}_5\text{2, l}{}_5\text{=0), (v}{}_5\text{=2, l}{}_5\text{±2), (v}{}_5\text{=v}{}_2\text{=1, l=5±1)}$

are linked by a similar interaction. Least-squares and prediction programs have been written to treat this kind of problems and they have been satisfactorily applied to both isotopic species, CH₃⁷⁹Br and CH₃⁸¹Br. A localized resonance in the K = 0 subband of ν₂ + ν₅ has been shown to be due to the 3ν₃ + ν₆ band. No evidence for a strong Fermi resonance between ν₁ and $\text{2ν}{}_5{}^0$ has been found.     

The simulation of infrared bands from the analyses of rotational spectra: the 2ν9-ν9 and ν5-ν9 hot bands of HNO3

The results of millimeter and submillimeter wave rotational spectroscopy are used to simulate the complex structure of the 2ν₉-ν₉ and ν₅-ν₉ hot bands. The comparison data were obtained with a high-resolution Bruker FTIR. The combination of the quality of these data and the complexity of the spectra of these interacting states represents a stringent test for the simulation. It is shown that the agreement is very good and that this approach is generally advantageous. From this simulation, the ratios of the transition dipole moments for the 2ν₉-ν₉ and ν₅-ν₉ hot bands with respect to the ν₉ fundamental band were found to be 1.38(11) and 0.67(20), respectively. Using these results, the calculated integrated band intensities for the hot bands at were determined to be and . These results were used to successfully simulate high-resolution stratospheric spectra obtained from a balloon flight of the FIRS-2 spectrometer. The more general problem of the rotation-vibration database and the optimal use of both microwave and infrared data to define it is discussed. It is concluded that it is best if the combination of data takes place at the level of the original spectra.     

Stretch-Bender Calculations of the Rovibronic Energies in the Excited, ÃA1, Electronic State of NH2 and of the Near-Resonant High-Lying Levels of the X?B1 State

The extended stretch-bender Hamiltonian, incorporating spin-orbit coupling and overall rotation, has been used to calculate the spin-vibronic structure of the rovibronic energies in the region where the vibronic states of the excited òA₁ electronic state of NH₂ interact with near-resonant high-lying levels of the X?²B₁ state of NH₂. A detailed comparison has been made with the experimental measurements which were made of these rovibronic states, the majority of which are due to Ramsay, Vervloet, and their collaborators. We have shown that, as in our study of the vibronic levels of the X?²B₁ state below the barrier to linearity, in order to fit the variation of the effective vibronic spin-orbit coupling constant over the whole of this energy regime, the effective linear molecule spin-orbit coupling constant, A_SO must be increased from the earlier value of 50 cm⁻¹ of Ch. Jungen, K.-E. J. Hallin, and A. Merer (Mol. Phys.40, 65-94 (1980)) to 61.6 cm⁻¹. The impact of Fermi resonance, in both the òA₁ and X?²B₁ states, on the observed rovibronic structure has been assessed. The pattern of calculated spin-rovibronic levels, including the effects of spin uncoupling, is in good agreement with that measured experimentally.     

CO2 and N2O laser Stark spectroscopy of the ν1 band of the ClO2 radical

The ν₁ fundamental band of the ClO₂ radical has been studied by means of the 10.6-μm CO₂ and N₂O laser Stark spectroscopy. More than 250 and 150 Stark resonances were assigned for the ³⁵ClO₂ and ³⁷ClO₂ species, respectively, and were analyzed together with the recent microwave and laser-microwave double resonance results to give molecular constants including spin-rotation interaction constants. The ν₁ band origins and electric dipole moments both in the ground and ν₁ states were determined accurately

     

		35ClO2		37ClO2
$\text{ν}{}_0$		945.592 357(60)		939.602 909(66)		cm?1
μ′		1.788 39(13)		1.788 46(15)		D
μ″		1.791 95(10)		1.792 10(13)		D
δμ		?0.003 56(18)		?0.003 64(26)		D