The perpendicular band ν14 of benzene near 10 μm

The perpendicular band of the E_1u vibration ν₁₄ of C₆H₆, with band origin at 1038.2670 cm^?1, was measured on a Bomem high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer with a 246-cm optical path difference. The spectrum was deconvolved to an effective linewidth of ～0.002 cm^?1. A total of 135 subbands have been assigned in the ν₁₄ band. The band was found to be remarkably free of perturbations by other states. A Hamiltonian matrix of order 2, including merely the rotational l-type resonances between the ν₁₄⁺(J, K) and ν₁₄^?(J, K ? 2) levels, was used for the treatment of the upper states of this band. A set of accurate spectroscopic constants was obtained, which reproduces a total of 3258 measured lines with an over-all standard deviation of 0.0006 cm^?1.