The rotational spectrum of the CD2 radical studied by far infrared laser magnetic resonance spectroscopya)

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Abstract
We report the detection of 17 pure rotation transitions in the ground vibronic state of the CD2 radical using far infrared laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Fitting the data using an effective rotational Hamiltonian yields values for the three rotational constants, seven centrifugal distortion constants, the three electronic spin‐rotation, and two electronic spin–spin parameters. We also fit this data, and CD2 ν2 band data (published separately), using the semirigid bender Hamiltonian and obtain the effective bending potential function for CD2. Combining this with previous CH2 results enables us to predict the rotation bending energy levels of CHD. We also report here the detection of two further rotational transitions in the ν1 excited vibrational state of CH2.