作者:Q. Zhuo、J. Karolczak、Dennis J. Clouthier
DOI:10.1063/1.467074
日期:1994.5.1
An extensive vibronic band system of the FS2 radical in the 700–485 nm region has been observed for the first time by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) probing of the products of the reaction of F2 with various sulfur-containing compounds. Jet-cooled spectra were obtained by reacting fluorine with COS, H2S, or CS2 in the body of a continuous supersonic jet, just prior to expansion. Vibrational analysis of the jet spectra gives ν1′ = 768, ν2′ = 217, ν3′ = 495, ν1″ = 705, ν2″ = 293, ν3″ = 684, and T00=14 922 cm−1, all in good agreement with ab initio predictions for the FS2 free radical. A rotational analysis of the high-resolution spectrum of the 350 band shows that the transition is polarized out-of-plane, with spin splittings characteristic of a molecule with a single unpaired electron. The rotational constants and spin–rotation interaction constants were determined with good precision for the ground and excited states. By combining the rotational constants with our ab initio estimates of the S–F bond length, the following structural parameters were obtained: r(S–F)=1.651 Å, r(S–S)=1.865(5) Å, and θ(FSS)=109.1(1)° for the X̃ 2A″ state and r(S–F)=1.642 Å, r(S–S)=2.105(5) Å, and θ(FSS)=97.6(1)° for the à 2A′ state.