Millimeter-Wave Rotational Spectra of the37Cl Species of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane

✍ Scribed by Z. Kisiel; L. Pszczółkowski

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 385 KB
• Volume: 181
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-2852
• DOI: 10.1006/jmsp.1996.7152

✦ Synopsis

The mm-wave rotational spectrum of the three isotopic species which result from 37 Cl isotopic substitution in 1,1,1trichloroethane was studied in the region 121-472 GHz, and for transitions with JЉ up to 100. The symmetry equivalence of the three chlorine nuclei makes the rotational spectrum of 35 Cl 2 37 ClCCH 3 comparable in intensity to that of the parent species, so that it accounts for a large proportion of the mm-wave spectral intensity. Accurate spectroscopic constants have been determined for all studied isotopic species, and evolution of their values relative to those of the parent species has been studied. The magnitudes of the constant h 3 in the asymmetric top 37 Cl 1 and 37 Cl 2 species are in excellent agreement with that for the symmetric top parent species and show that, under suitable conditions, the measurement of the asymmetric top species arising from isotopic substitution can provide a less demanding route for determination of h 3 than in the parent symmetric top molecule.