Abstract
Ab initio effective spin‐orbit operators, based on relativistic effective core potentials, are used to determine the spin‐orbit coupling constants for CH(X 2Πr), OH(X 2Πi), SiH(X 2Πr), CO+(A 2Πi), CO(a 3Πr), and SiO(b 2Πr). In comparison with experimental and ab initio values all electron values are very favorable.