Experimental Determination of the Field Gradient at the Deuteron in Formaldehyde

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A high‐resolution microwave spectrograph has been constructed to observe small perturbations in rotational energy levels. High‐resolution spectroscopy on OCD2 yielded the following values of the quadrupole coupling constants in the OCD2 principal inertial axis system: χaa = —13±4 kc/sec, χbb = 98±4 kc/sec, and χcc = —85±4 kc/sec. The spin—rotation coupling constants in OCD2 were calculated from the values for the proton obtained from the beam‐maser spectroscopy on OCH2. Data on the 212→211 transition in OCHD is then analyzed yielding the following coupling constants in the OCHD principal inertial axis system: χa′a′ = 9±2 kc/sec, χb′b′ = 76±2 kc/sec, and χc′c′ = —85±2 kc/sec. The above data show that the principal field‐gradient axis system coincides with the bond axis system within experimental error. The principal field‐gradient components all in units of esu cm—3 are qαα (C–H bond axis) = 8.45×1014, qββ = —4.15×1014, and qγγ (perpendicular to molecular plane) = —4.30×1014.

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