Production and Reaction of Atomic Fluorine in Solids. Vibrational and Electronic Spectra of the Free Radical HNF

Abstract
The species H14NF, H15NF, and D14NF have been produced in an argon matrix at 14°K by the reaction of photolytically produced atomic fluorine with NH. Sufficient concentrations of these species have been obtained for direct detection of two vibrational fundamentals, appearing at 1000 and 1432 cm−1 for H14NF, as well as of an electronic transition between 3900 and 5000 Å involving a progression in the upper‐state bending frequency. Force constants and thermodynamic properties have been derived for HNF. Other species observed in these experiments include NF, NF2, and HNF2. Evidence is presented indicating that the hydrogen atom can be abstracted from HN3 by atomic fluorine.
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