SEIKI IKEDA, MOTOKI NAKASHIMA, AI SAKAMOTO, MASATO HAYASHI, KEUSUKE HARADA AND KEIICHI TANAKA, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka, 812-8581 JAPAN.
Rotational spectra of the FeCO and FeNO radicals produced by UV laser photolysis in the vibrational excited states were measured in the millimeter-wave region with the conventional absorption cell at room temperature.
~~~The rotational transitions of the FeCO radical in the ground and 2 states have been observed by millimeter-wave spectroscopy, and the 1 fundamental band and hot band from 2 state also have been studied by infrared diode laser spectroscopy. In the present work, the rotational transitions (J = 33 - 32 37 - 36 ) in the 3 state of the X3 - state were observed to split into 3 components due to the spin-rotation and spin-spin interactions. Molecular constants including rotational constant and centrifugal distortion constant were determined by a least squares fitting. The equilibrium rotational constant Be was calculated to be 4373.405(72) MHz from the vibration rotation constant 3 = 20.2051(42) MHz, and previously reported 1 and 2. The bond length between Fe and C, calculated to be 1.725 Å~ assuming r CO= 1.159 Å, agrees well with the ab initio result, r FeC = 1.722 Å. The 2 2 state split into 9 substates due to the vibronic interaction, and the rotational transitions in the P = 0 component were observed.
~~~The rotational transitions of the FeNO radical in the ground and 2 states, and the 1 band have been observed in the millimeter-wave and infrared region, respectively. The rotational transitions (J = 28.5 - 27.5 32.5 - 31.5 ) in the 2 2 state of the X2 i state were observed in the present study. The 2 2 state ( = 5/2) splits into 3 substates, 2 _P = 9/2, 2 _P = 5/2 and 2 _P = 1/2, due to the vibronic interaction. The absorption lines in the 2 _P = 1/2 state split into two components because of the p-type doubling. The transition in the 3 state is now under survey to determine the constant 3 and the equilibrium rotational constant.