Ground State Centrifugal Distortion Constants of Trans-Acrolein, CH2 = CH — CHO from the Microwave and Millimeter Wave Rotational Spectra 1,2

Abstract

Abstract The pure rotational spectrum of trans-acrolein in the ground vibrational state has been assigned in the frequency region from 8 GHz to 180 GHz. The measured absorption lines encompass a-type transitions from the qRK, qQ1, qQ2 branches and 6-type transitions from the rP0, rP1, rP2, rR0 brandies for values of J up to 23. The rotational constants have been refined and all quartic and sextic centrifugal distortion constants have been determined using Watson's reduced Hamiltonian. This information has been used to predict line positions of astrophysical interest to warrant the interstellar line search for trans-acrolein.