Abstract
Rotationally-resolved infrared spectra of N2O–Ar and N2O–Kr are studied in the region of the N2O ν1 vibration (≈2224 cm−1) using a tunable Quantum Cascade laser source to probe a pulsed supersonic jet. The N2O–Kr ν1 fundamental band is re-analyzed, together with previous ν3 band data, using a unified scheme to fit the (small) observed Kr isotope splittings. This scheme is then transferred to analyze the bending combination band of N2O–Kr near 2257 cm−1 where isotope effects are much larger due to stretch-bend interactions. As a result, N2O–Kr intermolecular bend (33.29 cm−1) and stretch (34.48 cm−1) frequencies are directly determined for the first time. Weak spectra are detected for both N2O–Ar and –Kr corresponding to the (ν1, ν2l2, ν3) = (1110) ← (0110) hot band of N2O. Their analysis yields the magnitude of the splitting of the N2O ν2 bending mode into in-plane and out-of-plane components. These splittings are found to be significantly smaller than those observed in the analogous CO2-containing dimers.
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