Abstract
A total of six high-resolution FT-IR spectra for trans-glyoxal-d2, trans-glyoxal-d1 and trans-glyoxal-13C2 were recorded with a resolution ranging from 0.003 to 0.004 cm−1. By means of a simultaneous ground state combination difference analysis for each of these isotopologues using the Watson Hamiltonian in A-reduction and Ir-representation the ground state rotational constants are obtained. An empirical equilibrium structure is determined for trans-glyoxal using these experimental ground state rotational constants and vibration–rotation interaction constants calculated at the CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ level of theory. The least-squares fit yields the following structural parameters for trans-glyoxal: re(C–C) = 1.51453(38) Å, re(C–H) = 1.10071(26) Å, re(CO) = 1.20450(27) Å, αe(CCH) = 115.251(24)°, and αe(HCO) = 123.472(19)° in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions at the CCSD(T)/cc-pVQZ level of theory.
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