New assignments and a rare peculiarity in the high sensitivity CRDS spectrum of acetylene near 8000 cm−1

Abstract The absorption spectrum of acetylene has been recorded at room temperature (296 K) using high sensitivity Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy in the 7914 and 8252 cm−1 interval. The noise equivalent absorption of the spectra is αmin ∼ 5×10−11 cm−1. A list of about 5600 absorption features was constructed. The smallest intensities are on the order of 10−29 cm/molecule. A total of 1325 rovibrational lines of 12C2H2 were assigned by comparison with accurate predictions provided by a global effective operator model. In addition, 132 rovibrational lines of 12C13CH2 present in natural isotopic abundance were assigned on the basis of their published positions. The assigned 12C2H2 lines belong to 12 new and 6 already known bands, for which additional J-lines were assigned. The line intensities of the three cold bands of 12C13CH2 are reported for the first time. The new data will be valuable to refine the parameters of the global effective Hamiltonian and dipole moments of 12C2H2 in the region. Spectroscopic parameters of the 12C2H2 and 12C13CH2 upper vibrational levels were derived from a band-by-band fit of the line positions (typical rms values are on the order of 0.001 cm−1). A few of the analyzed bands were found to be affected by rovibrational perturbations, which are discussed. In particular, the rotational structure of the 2ν1 + (ν4 + ν5)0 Σu+–Σg+ band near 7994 cm−1 exhibits a particularly surprising intensity distribution: while the P(19) and R(17) transitions share the same J = 18 upper level, the R(17) line has an intensity about 4 orders of magnitude smaller than the P(19) line. This unusual situation is quantitatively interpreted as resulting from a Coriolis interaction between the ν1 + 2ν2 + ν51 and 2ν1 + (ν4 + ν5)0 bands with a energy crossing at J = 18. The accidental nearly perfect cancelation of the two terms contributing to the line strength of the R(17) line leads to the near disappearance of this line.

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