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THE DETERMINATION OF C₀ (OR A₀), D₀^K, H₀^K, AND SOME DARK STATES FOR SYMMETRIC-TOP MOLECULES FROM INFRARED SPECTRA WITHOUT THE NEED FOR LOACALIZED PERTURBATIONS.

A. MAKI, 15012 24th Ave. S.E., Mill Creek, WA 98012-5718; T. MASIELLO, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8393; T. A. BLAKE, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Mail Stop K8-88, Richland, WA 99352; J. W. NIBLER, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-4003; A. WEBER, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8393.

Several different combinations of allowed and apparently unperturbed rovibrational transitions are used to obtain the K-dependent rotational constants, C₀, D₀^K, and H₀^K. A necessary ingredient for the application of this technique is a band with selection rules Delta k = \pm1, Delta l = \mp2, and appropriate hot or difference bands. Examples are given for boron trifluoride (BF₃), sulfur trioxide (SO₃), and cyclopropane (C₃H₆) for which there are microwave measurements that provide a check on the derived constants. Examples are also given for the determination of dark states from difference bands, and/or hot bands, and also whole forbidden bands that arise from mixing with distant energy levels.