High-Resolution Study of the Mid-Infrared Region of FNO(2)

Of the gas-phase IR spectrum of nitrylfluoride, FNO(2), between 1200 and 1900 cm(-1), the bands nu(4), 2nu(6), nu(2) + nu(3), and nu(1) have been studied at a resolution of ca. 0.003 cm(-1). Improved ground state rotational and centrifugal distortion constants have been obtained from a simultaneous analysis of the data from F. Hegelund, H. Bürger, and G. Pawelke J. Mol. Spectrosc. 184, 350-361 (1997)] and the present data from nu(4) and nu(1). The nu(4) and 2nu(6) bands are free from local perturbations, and upper state spectroscopic constants have been obtained from the conventional Watson Hamiltonian. The bands nu(1) and nu(2) + nu(3) are strongly perturbed by Coriolis interactions with the nearby dark levels nu(5) + nu(6), nu(3) + nu(6), and nu(2) + nu(5). Upper state constants for nu(1) and nu(2) + nu(3) are obtained from triad and tetrad models, respectively, including Coriolis resonances within this system. In addition Coriolis interaction parameters and the vibrational energies for the three dark states together with some of their rotational constants are determined from the observed perturbation effects on nu(1) and nu(2) + nu(3). Copyright 2000 Academic Press.