PHOTOACOUSTIC OVERTONE SPECTROSCOPY OF PROPYNE

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1991

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Ohio State University

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The vibrational third overtone spectrum of the acetylenic C-H stretch of propyne was obtained by intracavity photoacoustic spectroscopy with a resolution limited by room temperature Doppler broadening and pressure broadening. Comparing the experimental spectrum with symmetric top simulation, it was found that all the peaks in the P and R branches match quite well within the measurement precision of $0.02cm^{-1}$ when J is larger than 10. However, for J less than 10, extra peaks appeared in the experimental spectrum. In addition, deviation of positions of peaks from simulation was found. A possible explanation is that the transitional upper state is perturbed. It was possible to assign all peaks. But some features of the spectrum have not yet been explained.

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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Indiana University

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