Mono- and di-deuterated ammonias: Far-infrared spectra and spectroscopic parameters in the ground state

Abstract

Transitions of NH2D and ND2H have been detected in the high resolution spectrum of 14ND3 recorded at unapodized resolution of 0.00096 cm−1 in the region 60–600 cm−1 using the Bruker IFS 125 Fourier transform spectrometer located at the synchrotron far-infrared beamline, Canadian Light Source. In this study we report on the observation and analysis of the spectrum for the ground state of NH2D and ND2H. 2153 rotation and rotation-inversion transitions, with J up to 24, were assigned for NH2D, and 3214 transitions, with J up to 28, for ND2H. The newly assigned transitions, together with those present in the literature, were fitted on the basis of a Watson-type S reduced Hamiltonian using the IIIr and IIIl representations for NH2D and ND2H, respectively. The model Hamiltonian includes terms up to the 10th power of the angular momentum and vibration–rotation interaction terms between the inversion states. Precise and extended sets of spectroscopic effective parameters were derived for both isotopologues as results of least squares weighted fit procedures that reproduce the transition wavenumbers at experimental accuracy.