The 352 nm emission spectrum of difluorodiazirine

Difluorodiazirine fluoresces strongly in the vapor phase showing an extensive band system from about 352 to 451 nm and with no background continuum. The fluorescence is assigned as $\text{A}\text{?}{}^1\text{B}{}_1\text{(nπ}{}^1\text{)-}\text{X}\text{?}{}^1\text{A}{}_1$ and corresponds to the 352 nm absorption system previously studied.The band system is dominated by a progression in ν₁″, the a₁N = N stretching vibration, with ν₄″, the a₁ CF₂ symmetrical deformation vibration, showing a shorter progression.The 0₀⁰ and most others show type B rotational contours but type C bands, involving ν₅″ (a₂), and probably type A bands, involving ν₇″ (b₁) and perhaps ν₆″ (b₁) are also observed.The extremely low intensity of bands involving ν₃″ (a₁) is surprising but there seems to be no reason to doubt the assignment from infrared and Raman data.There is a strong vibrational perturbation affecting some quite strong bands in a region within about 275 cm^?1 of bands 1_n⁰4₀⁰, where n = 0 – 3. The cause of the perturbation is not known.There is no evidence for the emission spectrum consisting of more than one band system.