Infrared laser spectroscopy of jet cooled cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl

Rotationally resolved infrared absorption spectra for the 1(0)(1) band of jet cooled cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl have been observed and analyzed. Several longitudinal modes of a Pb-salt diode laser were utilized to measure 105 rovibrational transitions for this particular vibrational band centered near 2112 cm-1. Spectra were optimized using both argon and helium carrier gases and these experiments eventually led to rovibrational transitions being assigned to four different K subbands, specifically the K=0, 3, 6, and 9 subbands. An iterative least-squares analysis of the spectroscopic data yielded the following molecular parameters nu(0)=2111.7457(9) cm(-1), B-0=0.034747(12) cm(-1), B-1=0.034695(15) cm(-1), C-1=0.03380(9) cm(-1), and D-1K=6.3(9)x10(-6) cm(-1) (where 3sigma uncertainties are listed in parenthesis). (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.