THE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMER
The molecular beam spectrum of the hydrogen fluoride dimer has been investigated in detail. Microwave and radiofrequency transitions of (HF) 2, HFDF, and (DF)2 are reported for both the Ka = 0 and Ka = 1 rotational levels. The results provide information on the structure of the dimers and on the nat...
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| description | The molecular beam spectrum of the hydrogen fluoride dimer has been investigated in detail. Microwave and radiofrequency transitions of (HF) 2, HFDF, and (DF)2 are reported for both the Ka = 0 and Ka = 1 rotational levels. The results provide information on the structure of the dimers and on the nature of the intermolecular potential energy surface. The average F-F distance is shown to be approximately 2.78 Å but with a probably significantly shorter equilibrium distance. The nonhydrogen bonded hydrogen atom is bent 63° ± 6° from the F-F axis. In addition, analysis of the perpendicular electric dipole moment indicates a nonlinear hydrogen bond. The large centrifugal distortion effects and the unusual quantum mechanical tunneling provide a crude model for the potential surface associated with the hydrogen bond; the effective bond stretching force constant is (1.36 ± 0.03)× 104 dyn cm-1. © 1984 American Institute of Physics. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:94822488-7f05-4b67-8666-45969dea4ff12022-03-26T23:39:51ZTHE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMERJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:94822488-7f05-4b67-8666-45969dea4ff1EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1984Howard, BDyke, TKlemperer, WThe molecular beam spectrum of the hydrogen fluoride dimer has been investigated in detail. Microwave and radiofrequency transitions of (HF) 2, HFDF, and (DF)2 are reported for both the Ka = 0 and Ka = 1 rotational levels. The results provide information on the structure of the dimers and on the nature of the intermolecular potential energy surface. The average F-F distance is shown to be approximately 2.78 Å but with a probably significantly shorter equilibrium distance. The nonhydrogen bonded hydrogen atom is bent 63° ± 6° from the F-F axis. In addition, analysis of the perpendicular electric dipole moment indicates a nonlinear hydrogen bond. The large centrifugal distortion effects and the unusual quantum mechanical tunneling provide a crude model for the potential surface associated with the hydrogen bond; the effective bond stretching force constant is (1.36 ± 0.03)× 104 dyn cm-1. © 1984 American Institute of Physics. |
| spellingShingle | Howard, B Dyke, T Klemperer, W THE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMER |
| title | THE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMER |
| title_full | THE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMER |
| title_fullStr | THE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMER |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMER |
| title_short | THE MOLECULAR-BEAM SPECTRUM AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE HYDROGEN-FLUORIDE DIMER |
| title_sort | molecular beam spectrum and the structure of the hydrogen fluoride dimer |
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