FOURIER TRANSFORM MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF THE $N^{2}CO^{2}$ VAN DER WAALS COMPLEX
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1999
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Ohio State University
Abstract
The microwave spectrum of the weakly-bound complex of nitrogen and carbon dioxide was measured by Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. A previous determination of the structure of this molecule was performed in a rotationally-resolved infrared study in the region of $\nu_{3}$ of $CO_{2}^{a}$. We have observed only a-type transitions, and have measured the hyperfine splitting due to the two $^{14}N$ nuclei. Consistent with the geometry proposed by Walsh et. al., the structure of the complex is T-shaped, with the $CO_{2}$ forming the cross of the T.
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$^{a}$ M.A. Walsh, T.R. Dyke, and B.J. Howard, J. Mol. Struct. 189, 111. (1988)
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University