VELOCITY MODULATION INFRARED LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF NEGATIVE IONS: THE $\nu_{3}, \nu_{3}+v_{1}-\nu_{1}, \nu_{3}+\nu_{2}-\nu_{2}$ AND $\nu_{3}+2\nu_{2}-2\nu_{2}$ BANDS OF CYANATE ($NCO^{-}$)
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1987
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Ohio State University
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132 transitions in the $\nu_{3}$ (CN stretching) fundamental and the corresponding bending and stretching hotbands of the cyanate anion, ranging from P(52) to R(66), have been measured with a tunable diode laser using the velocity modulation technique. The spectra were fit to the standard linear triatomic molecule rotation-vibration Hamiltonian, yielding effective molecular parameters for the $(00^{0}0), (01^{1}0), (02^{0}0), (10^{0}0), (00^{0}1), (01^{1}1), (02^{0}1)$ and $(10^{0}1)$ states. The equilibrium rotational constant was determined to be $B_{e} = 0.385933(116) cm^{-1}$. A comparison with condensed phase results is presented. As previously observed for $N_{3}^{-}$, cyanate is detected with high vibrational excitation in the bending mode, most likely as a consequence of the formation mechanism.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of California