The microwave spectrum of cyanoformamide

The spectrum of cyanoformamide, NCCONH₂, has been measured between 18 and 40 GHz using a Hewlett-Packard spectrometer with Stark modulation. The molecule is somewhat unstable and could most conveniently be measured in a flow system. The quadrupole hyperfine structure due to the two nitrogen nuclei has been analyzed for the ground state, and quadrupole coupling constants, rotational constants, and centrifugal distortion constants have been determined for the ground state. A rough determination of the components of the electric dipole moment was possible from the Stark shifts of suitable transitions.     

The microwave spectrum,harmonic force field,and ground state average structure of 1,1-dichloroethylene

The microwave spectra of several isotopic species of 1,1-dichloroethylene have been measured up to high J values and have been analyzed for rotational constants and quartic centrifugal distortion constants. An approximate harmonic force field for the molecule has been obtained by combining the centrifugal distortion constants with known vibrational data. The harmonic force field has been used together with the results of the present and other microwave studies to determine the ground state average molecular structure.     

Microwave spectrum of NF2

About 350 lines in the microwave spectrum of NF₂ have been measured in various ranges of frequency between 13.0 and 65.2 GHz by using two types of Zeeman effect spectrometers. Complete assignment of all lines has been achieved and, via the general microwave computer program SPINRO, the rotational constants, centrifugal distortion constants, dipole moment, electronic spin-rotation coupling constants, the constants for the coupling of the several nuclear spins with the electron spin and the nitrogen quadrupole coupling constants have all been obtained.By drawing upon the observed vibrational frequencies the average geometry of NF₂ has been evaluated. Force constants and Coriolis coupling constants have also been derived.The values of the spin coupling constants for N and for F indicate that NF₂ is a π-radical with the spin density mainly located on nitrogen. The multiplet patterns indicate that the ground electronic state wavefunction is antisymmetric to rotation about the molecular symmetry axis and so, for a π-radical, identifies the ground state as ²B₁ as has previously been assumed for this molecule.     

Ground state rotational spectrum,K = 3 splittings,ab initio anharmonic force field and equilibrium structure of trifluoroamine

The submillimetre-wave spectrum of ¹⁴NF₃ has been measured and the ground state rotational spectrum has been reanalysed, including the K=3 splittings. The quadratic, cubic and semidiagonal quartic force field has been calculated at the CCSD(T) level of theory employing a basis set of at least polarized valence triple-zeta quality. This force field has been used to predict the spectroscopic constants, including the parameters specific to the doubly degenerate vibrational states. The calculated values are found to be in good agreement with the available experimental data. The equilibrium structure has been derived from the experimental ground state rotational constants and either the ab initio or the experimental rovibrational interaction parameters. These experimental and semiexperimental structures are in excellent agreement with the ab initio equilibrium geometry.     

The far-infrared spectrum of fluoroform (CHF3)

The far-infrared spectrum of fluoroform has been recorded in the region between 7 and 60 cm⁻¹ at a resolution of 0.002 cm⁻¹. More than 1400 rotational transitions in the ground state have been measured and assigned up to J″ = 80. Simultaneous analyses of these measurements and of microwave and millimeter-wave data reported previously have been performed. Improved values of the ground state rotational and centrifugal distortion constants, including the sextic distortion constants reported for the first time, have been obtained. Rotational transitions in a few low-lying vibrational states have also been observed.     

Analysis of microwave and infrared transitions of phenol by rotation-internal rotation theory. Phenol-OD

Rotational transitions of the torsional ground and first excited state of phenol-OD have been measured in the frequency range 8–40 GHz. In a semi-rigid model approach to the internal rotation, kinetic and potential constants have been fitted to the far-infrared torsional frequencies and the microwave transition frequencies for the ground and the excited state separately. It is further shown that an acceptable agreement between observed and calculated spectra has simultaneously been obtained for the torsional ground and first excited state using the contravariant kinetic coefficients g^mn as fitting parameters.     

The Hyperfine Structures of ScCl and ScF

The Fourier transform microwave spectra of gaseous ScF and ScCl have been measured in their (1)Sigma(+) ground electronic states. Transitions have been observed for ScF (J = 1-0) and for both Sc(35)Cl and Sc(37)Cl (J = 1-0 and J = 2-1) in the ground vibrational state, and for Sc(35)Cl (J = 1-0 and J = 2-1) in the first excited vibrational state. The nuclear quadrupole coupling constants of Sc and of both isotopes of Cl, the spin-rotation constants for all the nuclei and the nuclear spin-nuclear spin constants for both molecules, have been determined. From these hyperfine constants, the electronic structures of ScF and ScCl have been investigated and comparisons have been made to similar molecules. ScCl has been found to be highly ionic. For Sc(35)Cl, the equilibrium bond length has been reevaluated and the vibration frequency and dissociation energy have been estimated. A simple approach to account for the Sc quadrupole coupling constants has been shown to be flawed. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Pure rotational spectrum, ab initio anharmonic force field, and equilibrium structure of silyl chloride

The ground state rotational spectra of H₃Si³⁵Cl, H₃Si³⁷Cl, and D₃Si³⁵Cl have been measured from the microwave to the submillimeterwave ranges and accurate rotational parameters have been determined. For H₃Si³⁷Cl, they are in good agreement with the values obtained from the ground state combination differences. The quadratic, cubic, and semi-diagonal quartic force field has been calculated at the MP2 level of theory employing a basis set of polarized valence quadruple-zeta quality. This force field has been used to predict the spectroscopic constants. The calculated values are found to be in good agreement with the available experimental data. The equilibrium structure has been derived from the experimental ground state rotational constants and either the ab initio or the experimental rovibrational interaction parameters. These experimental and semi-experimental structures are in excellent agreement with the ab initio equilibrium geometry.     

Microwave spectra and centrifugal distortion constants of formic acid containing 13C and 18O: Refinement of the harmonic force field and the molecular structure

Pure rotational spectra of H¹³COOH, HC¹⁸OOH, and HCO¹⁸OH have been measured in the frequency region 8–185 GHz. Analysis of the spectra has given improved rotational constants and quartic and sextic centrifugal distortion constants. The quartic distortion constants have been combined with previously published distortion constants of four other isotopic species, and with the vibrational wavenumbers of seven isotopic species, to produce a refined harmonic force field. An improved substitution structure and the ground state average structure have been obtained. Some unmeasured transition frequencies which may be of importance in radioastronomy are also presented.     

All electron ab initio investigations of the electronic states of the FeC molecule

The low-lying electronic states of the molecule FeC have been investigated by performing all electron ab initio multi-configuration self-consistent-field (CASSCF) and multi reference configuration interaction (MRCI) calculations. The relativistic corrections for the one-electron Darwin contact term and the relativistic mass-velocity correction have been determined in perturbation calculations. The electronic structure of the FeC molecule is interpreted as antiferromagnetic couplings of the localized angular momenta of the ions and resulting in a triple bond in the valence bond sense. The electronic ground state is confirmed as being . The spectroscopic constants for the ground state and eleven excited states have been derived from the results of the MRCI calculations. The spectroscopic constants for the ground state have been determined as and ,and for the low-lying state as and . The values for the ground state agree well with the available experimental data. The FeC molecule is polar with charge transfer from Fe to C. The dipole moment has been determined as in the ground state and as 1.51 D in the state. From the results of the MRCI calculations the dissociation energy, , is determined as 2.79 eV, and D₀ as 2.74 eV. Received: 2 October 1998 / Received in final form: 30 March 1999     

High resolution spectrum and analysis of the ν2 band of 14N16O2

The ν₂ band of ¹⁴N¹⁶O₂ near 13.3 μm has been measured under high resolution using a vacuum grating spectrograph equipped with a liquid helium cooled Ge:Cu detector. Over 750 transitions were identified. Analysis of the band, combined with previous work at shorter wavelengths, led to modified constants for the ground state, (0, 0, 0), and new values for the constants of the upper state, (0, 1, 0). The new constants reproduced 272 nonzero-weighted transitions with a standard deviation of 0.011 cm^?1 and reproduced 346 ground state combination differences with a standard deviation of 0.010 cm^?1. The spin-rotation line splittings which were observed were described satisfactorily using existing formulations.     

Centrifugal Distortion Analysis of a Near-Spherical Top, SO(2)F(2): The First Determination of All Six Quartic Centrifugal Distortion Constants for an Asymmetric Top

The rotational spectrum of the near-spherical top molecule SO(2)F(2) (sulfuryl fluoride) has been investigated by microwave Fourier transform spectroscopy and by millimeter-wave spectroscopy. The ground state spectrum has been measured from 10 to 472 GHz. One of the reasons for studying this molecule is that it is a nearly spherical top and we wanted to verify our theoretical prediction that for such a molecule all six quartic centrifugal distortion constants (and nine sextic distortion constants) should be determinable, while for a standard asymmetric rotor, Watson has shown that only five quartic and seven sextic distortion constants are determinable. The analysis of the spectra confirmed our predictions, because all six quartic constants were well determinable. The results have been confirmed independently by ab initio calculations of the force field and quartic distortion constants. Because the molecule is relatively heavy, contributions of some sextic constants are too small and we have not been able to determine all nine sextic constants predicted by theory. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Microwave and submillimeterwave spectra of CH2DI and CHD2I

The pure rotational spectra of CH₂DI and CHD₂I have been measured by microwave Fourier transform spectroscopy, millimeterwave spectroscopy and submillimeterwave spectroscopy. The quadrupole hyperfine structure due to iodine has been analyzed by direct diagonalization of the quadrupole tensor. For the J = 1-0 transition of the ground state of CH₂DI, the quadrupole hyperfine structure due to deuterium could be resolved and the quadrupole coupling constant eQq_aa(D) determined.Accurate rotational and centrifugal distortion constants (up to sextic terms) have been determined. They are compared to the constants derived from the ground state combination differences (GSCD). A good agreement is observed but it is also found that the two kinds of data (GSCD and microwave) are complementary and a combined fit allows us to significantly improve the accuracy of the constants.     

Photophysical characterization of pyrazino[2,3-c]-1,2,6-thiadiazine 2,2-dioxides in DMSO and acetonitrile solutions

Photophysical characterization of some pyrazino[2,3-c][1,2,6]thiadiazine 2,2-dioxides derivatives in DMSO and acetonitrile has been carried out. Acid-base processes have been found to occur in the ground and excited states. In DMSO and acetonitrile equilibrium between the neutral and deprotonated molecules is established in the ground state. In acetonitrile, a second equilibrium between the neutral and protonated form is also present at a lower pH, and can be treated independently of the first one. Absorption, emission, and excitation spectra of the species involved have been measured; data analysis allows us to calculate pK _aand quantum efficiencies. The change of the decay lifetimes with pH, along with steady state fluorescence measurements show the existence of communication between the excited states and enable us to estimate the excited state kinetic rate constants.A discussion about their possible use as laser dyes based on the energy threshold condition is also given.     

The microwave spectrum,harmonic force field,and structure of difluorodichloromethane

Very large numbers of rotational transitions have been accurately measured for ¹²CF₂³⁵Cl₂, ¹²CF₂³⁵Cl³⁷Cl, and ¹³CF₂³⁵Cl₂, and have been analyzed for rotational constants and quartic centrifugal distortion constants. The distortion constants have been combined with vibrational wavenumbers (both from the literature and from the present work), and with ab initio force constants also evaluated in the present work, to give an approximate harmonic force field. The rotational constants and force field have been used to evaluate ground state effective, substitution, and ground state average structures for the molecule.     

Millimeter-wave spectrum and ab initio DFT calculation of the C-gauche conformer of allyl isocyanate

The analysis of the ground state rotational spectrum of the C-gauche conformer of allyl isocyanate has been extended up to the frequency range of 100.0 GHz. A detailed centrifugal distortion analysis has been carried out using previously reported and newly measured transition frequencies. More accurate values of the rotational and centrifugal distortion constants are presented. Quantum chemical calculations at DFT levels of theory using large basis sets b3lyp/6-311G(d, p), have also been made to compute rotational constants, dipole moments and potential energies for different conformers of this molecule. Finally, different bond lengths and centrifugal distortion constants for the C-gauche conformer have been computed.     

Dissociation energy for the ground state of AlO from true potential energy curve

The true potential energy curve for the ground state of AlO has been extended up to the observed vibrational levels v = 22 using revised vibrational constants. The dissociation energy for the ground state of AlO has been estimated to be 4.15 ± 0.05 eV by the method of curve fitting. The Lippincott potential function has been used for fitting with the RKRV curve.     

Many-body theory for multipole polarizabilities and dispersion forces in helium-helium interactions

Linked cluster many-body perturbation theory has been developed for the calculation of the dynamic quadrupole polarizabilities of the helium atom in its ground state. The polarizabilities have been used to calculate the London dispersion force constants for He-He interactions. The results for the polarizabilities and the van der Waals constants compare very well with other standard values.     

Microwave and Infrared Spectra,ab InitioCalculation, and Two-Dimensional Model of Amino Group Inversion and Ring Puckering in 2,5-Dihydropyrrole

The microwave spectra of 2,5-dihydropyrrole and 2,5-dihydropyrrole-1-d₁have been measured with Stark and Fourier transform spectrometers in the range 10–39 GHz. Rotational constants, centrifugal distortion constants, and¹⁴N quadrupole coupling constants have been determined from the observed transition frequencies for the ground vibrational state. In addition, two satellites of the normal species and one satellite of the deuterated species have been identified and measured. Splittings of the rotational transitions due to amino group inversion tunneling have been observed and analyzed. Infrared transitions of the amino group inversion mode have been measured in the range 490–720 cm⁻¹. The effect of ring puckering on the inversion motion of the amino group in 2,5-dihydropyrrole and 2,5-dihydropyrrole-N-d₁has been investigated byab initiocalculations and two-dimensional flexible model calculations from the results of microwave and infrared spectroscopy. The observed molecular properties have been reproduced by a model which involved adjustable parameters for the potential energy surface and the structural relaxation of the CCC valence angles. Additional parameters have been transferred from theab initiocalculations. The adjustment of the model to the experimental data has yielded an equatorial equilibrium conformation with slightly larger CCC valence angle than in the most stable axial conformation. Excitation of the first ring puckering state has been found to enhance the inversion tunnel splittings.     

Rotational Spectrum of CBr by Kinetic Microwave Spectroscopy of 193-nm Photolysis Products of Bromoform

We have measured the first millimeter-wave spectrum of CBr. The radical was produced by pulsed UV-laser photolysis of bromoform at 193 nm and detected using kinetic spectroscopy. We have significantly improved the rotational and fine structure constants for the ground vibrational state. The hyperfine structure due to the bromine nucleus has been resolved and quadrupole and magnetic hyperfine parameters evaluated for the first time. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.