The vibrational energy pattern in acetylene. V. 13C2H2

The experimental equilibrium structure of acetylene

The empirical equilibrium structure of acetylene has been derived by exploiting the very precise experimental rotational constants available in the literature for the 10 isotopologues relative to all the possible combinations of H, D, (12)C and (13)C atoms. The geometry obtained when data for all species are fitted together is: re(CH) = 106.167(14) pm and re(CC) = 120.2866(72) pm. This determination shows some systematic residuals due to the singly D-substituted isotopologues. If we exclude such species from the fit, we obtain our most precise evaluation: re(CH) = 106.1689(23) pm and re(CC) = 120.2817(12) pm. The possibility of a breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation has also been tested.

Q branch features in the hot parallel bands of (13)C(2)H(2) in the three micron region

A systematic study of the high-resolution spectrum of (13)C(2)H(2) in the 3microm spectral region shows Q branch features in five hot parallel bands. These bands are due to the nu(3)+nu(4) (Pi(u))<--nu(4) (Pi(g)), nu(3)+nu(5) (Pi(g))<--nu(5)(Pi(u)), nu(3)+2nu(4) (Delta(u))<--2nu(4)(Delta(g)), nu(3)+2nu(5) (Delta(u))<--2nu(5)(Delta(g)) and nu(3)+nu(4)+nu(5)(Delta(g))<--nu(4)+nu(5)(Delta(u)) transitions. Sub-Q-branches (Q(e<--f) and Q(f<--e))are found to be resolved in the first three hot bands. More than 70 Q branch lines have been assigned, spread over the five hot bands. We have applied separate linear least squares fit to the transition wavenumbers of each Q branch/sub-Q-branches, which have yielded values of band origins and rotational constants, in agreement with those derived from the analysis of the P and R branches in earlier work. The analysis of the sub-Q-branches have also provided values of the l-doubling constants. This is the first report on the observation of Q branch lines in Delta-Delta hot bands, in the FTIR spectrum of (13)C(2)H(2).

State dynamics of acetylene excited to individual rotational level of the V12K10,1,2 subbands

The dynamics of the IR emission induced by excitation of the acetylene molecule at the 3(2) Ka2, A1Au<--4(1) la1, X1Sigmag+ transition was investigated. Vibrationally resolved IR emission spectra were recorded at different delay times after the laser excitation pulse. The observed IR emission was assigned to transitions between vibrational levels of the acetylene molecule in the ground state. Values of the relaxation parameters of different vibrational levels of the ground state were obtained. The Ti-->Tj transition was detected by cavity ring-down spectroscopy in the 455 nm spectral range after excitation of the acetylene molecule at the same transition. Rotationally resolved spectra of the respective transition were obtained and analyzed at different delay times after the laser excitation pulse. The dynamics of the S1-->Tx-->T1-->S0 transitions was investigated, and the relaxation parameter values were estimated for the T1 state.

Excited-state dynamics of acetylene excited to individual rotational level of the V04K01 subband

Dynamics of the IR emission induced by excitation of the acetylene molecule using the (3(2)K(a) (0,1,2),A (1)A(u)<--4(1)l(a) (1),X (1)Sigma(g) (+)) transition was investigated. The observed IR emission was assigned to transitions between the ground-state vibrational levels. Acetylene fluorescence quenching induced by external electric and magnetic fields acting upon the system prepared using the (3(4)K(a) (1),A (1)A(u)<--0(0)l(a) (0),X (1)Sigma(g) (+)) excitation was also studied. External electric field creates an additional radiationless pathway to the ground-state levels, coupling levels of the A (1)A(u) excited state to the quasiresonant levels of the X (1)Sigma(g) (+) ground state. The level density of the ground state in the vicinity of the excited state is very high, thus the electric-field-induced transition is irreversible, with the rate constant described by the Fermi rule. Magnetic field alters the decay profile without changing the fluorescence quantum yield in collisionless conditions. IR emission from the CCH transient was detected, and was also affected by the external electric and magnetic fields. Acetylene predissociation was demonstrated to proceed by the direct S(1)-->S(0) mechanism. The results were explained using the previously developed theoretical approach, yielding values of the relevant model parameters.