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IMPROVED ANALYSIS OF THE ROTATION SPECTRUM OF META-CHLOROTOLUENE USING A FREE ROTOR BASIS AND NON-PERTURBATIVE HYPERFINE TREATMENT

Westerfield, J. H.

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Title
IMPROVED ANALYSIS OF THE ROTATION SPECTRUM OF META-CHLOROTOLUENE USING A FREE ROTOR BASIS AND NON-PERTURBATIVE HYPERFINE TREATMENT
Author(s)
Westerfield, J. H.
Contributor(s)
  • Crabtree, Kyle N.
  • Worthington-Kirsch, S E
Issue Date
2023-06-19
Keyword(s)
  • Large amplitude motions
  • internal rotation
Abstract
Using the soon to be publicly available westerfit package, the rotational spectrum of meta-chloro-toluene has been re-examined. This program allows for treatment of a Cs molecule with an arbitrary-fold internal rotor and a single strong spin source which makes meta-chloro-toluene a promising test case for the code. Unlike other programs designed for internal rotation with spin effects, westerfit includes matrix elements off-diagonal in N rather than the perturbative treatment of the spin-rotation and quadrupole interactions. This allows fitting of all symmetrically allowed terms in both the spin-rotation and the quadrupole tensors as well as inclusion of any higher order terms coupling the large amplitude motion to the spin angular momentum. Meta-chloro-tolune is a particularly challenging case for internal rotor packages due to the low V₃ term coupled to a large V₆ term as well as the spin 3/2 nucleus. Previous attempts to fit this moleculeᵃ were complicated by XIAM’s limitations at very low barrier heights and perturbative quadrupole treatment. This work presents a more complete treatment of the meta-chloro-toluene spectrum and demonstrates comparisons between westerfit and other programs.
Publisher
International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Type of Resource
Text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122608
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2023.7117

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