14N Nuclear Quadrupole Hyperfine Structure in the Rotational Spectrum of Thionyl Aniline

Abstract

AbstractNuclear quadrupole hyperfine structures have been resolved in the rotational spectrum of thionyl aniline, C6H5NSO, using pulsed molecular beam microwave Fourier transform spectroscopy. High precision nuclear quadrupole coupling constants, rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants have been determined from the analysis of 12 low-J transitions. Coupling constants are χaa = + 1.5730(14) MHz and (χbb - χcc)= -5.6499(13) MHz. rotational constants are A-4026.72i5(4) MHz, B = 860.64732(8) MHz, and C = 709.52027(7) MHz, and centrifugal distortion constants are ΔJ - 36.6(5) Hz, ΔJK= -107.5(20) Hz, ΔK = 703(68) Hz, δJ = 8.1(5) Hz, and δK=111(19) Hz (representation I' used).