Infrared spectra of carbon monoxide–hydrogen sulfide van der Waals complexes in the C–O stretching region

Abstract

The CO-stretching vibration–rotation spectra of CO–H 2S, CO–D 2S, and CO–HDS complexes have been studied in the 2150 cm −1 region using a supersonic slit-jet expansion and a tunable diode laser spectrometer. The spectra were analyzed with the help of very recent microwave pure rotational studies of the same complexes. Two bands were assigned for each of the symmetric hydrogen sulfide isotopes, corresponding to the two nuclear spin modifications, para and ortho. The band origins were blue shifted, relative to the free CO molecule, by about 3.8 cm −1 for CO–H 2S and 4.3 cm −1 for CO–D 2S. These are considerably smaller shifts than exhibited by the related CO–water complexes, indicating that the intermolecular forces in CO–H 2S are weaker and more isotropic.