Far-Infrared Laser Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study of the nu(2) Bending Fundamental of the CCN Radical in Its &Xtilde;(2)Pi(r) State

Bending vibration-rotation transitions between the (010) μ(2)Sigma(-) and (000) (2)Pi(r) vibronic states of the CCN radical in its ground electronic state have been observed using far-infrared laser magnetic resonance (FIR LMR) spectroscopy. Thirteen FIR laser lines were used to record 769 resonances. The LMR data, combined with previous data, were used to determine vibrational, Renner-Teller, fine-structure, rotational, hyperfine, and molecular g-factor parameters using a least-squares fitting routine. The model used was an N(2) effective Hamiltonian modified to include the Renner-Teller effect explicitly in a (2)Pi electronic state. The band origin for the (010) μ(2)Sigma(-) <-- (000) &Xtilde;(2)Pi(r) transition was determined to be 179.598176 +/- 0.000067 cm(-1). The spin-orbit splitting in the ground state was refined and the complete set of (14)N-hyperfine parameters determined for the first time.