ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY OF RuC FROM 12,000 TO 19,000$CM^{-1}$
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1996
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Ohio State University
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Resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy has been applied to jet-cooled RuC, revealing transitions originating both from the X $^{3}\Delta$ states and from a metastable $^{3}\Sigma$ state. Transitions from the $X^{3}\Delta$ state to one $^{3}\Phi$, one $^{3}\Pi$, and two $^{3}\Delta$ states have been observed, along with transitions from the metastable $^{1}\Sigma$ state to two higher-lying $^{1}\Pi$ states, All of the systems have been rotationally resolved and analyzed and several vibrational levels are known for most of the excited states. From this work a rather complete picture of the RuC electronic states lying between 1.5 and 2.5 eV has emerged. These data will be presented, along with a molecular orbital interpretation of the nature of the various states.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Utah