# FOURIER-TRANSFORM MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF NCCO AND NCCCO

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 Title: FOURIER-TRANSFORM MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF NCCO AND NCCCO Creators: Sumiyoshi, Yoshihiro; Takada, Hideyuki; Endo, Yasuki Issue Date: 2003 Publisher: Ohio State University Abstract: Pure-rotational transitions of the NCCO and NCCCO radicals have been observed by Fourie-transform microwave spectroscopy. The radicals were produced in a supersonic jet by a pulsed electric discharge of 0.3% of pyruvonitrile $(CO(CN)(CH_{3}))$ in Ar for NCCO and a 0.3%/0.3% mixture of $HC_{3}N$ and $O_{2}$ in Ar for NCCCO. Rotational transitions from N = 1 - 0 to N = 3 - 2 for NCCO, and those from N = 2 - 1 to N = 6 - 5 for NCCCO were observed. The rotational, fine and hyperfine constants for both of the radicals have been precisely determined. According to ab initio calculations at the RCCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ(or - VQZ) level of theory, the radicals are found to have bent structures in the ground state, which are in good agreement with the results of the present observations. Discussions on the geometrical and electronic structures based on the determined molecular constants and results of the ab initio calculations are given. The present results are compared with those of the related carbon-chain series, $NC_{n}S$. Description: Author Institution: Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/21117 Other Identifiers: 2003-WH-14