Abstract
Rotationally resolved spectra of the fundamental band of the CN free radical in four isotopic forms have been measured using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The source of the radical was a microwave discharge in a mixture of isotopically selected methane and nitrogen diluted with argon. The lines were measured to an accuracy of 5×10 −4 cm −1 and fitted to the formula for the vibration rotation spectrum of a diatomic molecule, including quartic distortion constants. The band origins of each of the isotopomers from the five parameter fits were found to be 12 C 14 N : 2042.42115(38) cm −1, 13 C 14 N : 2000.08479(23) cm −1, 12 C 15 N : 2011.25594(25) cm −1, 13 C 15 N : 1968.22093(33) cm −1 with one standard deviation from the fit given in parenthesis. Some of the lines showed a resolved splitting due to the spin rotation interaction. This was averaged for fitting purposes. The average equilibrium internuclear distance derived from the v=0 and 1 rotational constants of the four isotopomers is 1.171800(6) Å which is in good agreement with the value determined from microwave spectroscopy.
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