A reinvestigation of the NO3 1492 cm−1 band
- 15 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 93 (2), 951-956
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.459121
Abstract
Ishiwata et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 8 2, 2196 (1985)] have recently observed an infrared diode laser spectrum of NO3 in the 1492 cm−1 region and have assigned it to the ν3 band in the X̃2A’2 state. However, some of the derived constants such as the Coriolis coupling and spin–rotation constants did not conform well with expected values. In the present study, the observation was extended so as to take combination differences, which led us to revise the previous assignment slightly and to remove all the anomalies in the lower (i.e., ground) state. A most important result of the present study is that a spin–orbit interaction constant aeff‖〈Lz〉‖ =0.17 cm−1 is indispensable to explain the spin splitting observed for the upper state. The first‐order Coriolis coupling constant of the upper state (ζ=0.19) remains essentially the same as in the previous study and differs considerably from the value calculated for the ν3 state (ζ=0.7). Possible explanations of these data are discussed in some detail to obtain more information on the molecular structure of the NO3 radical.Keywords
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