Isotope Substitution in Near Local Mode H(2)X Molecules: The nu(1) and nu(3) Bands of D(2)Se

Reaction of Laser-Ablated Uranium and Thorium Atoms with H2Se: A Rare Example of Selenium Multiple Bonding

The compounds H2ThSe and H2USe were synthesized by the reaction of laser-ablated actinide metal atoms with H2Se under cryogenic conditions following the procedures used to synthesize H2AnX (An = Th, U; X = O, S). The molecules were characterized by infrared spectra in an argon matrix with the aid of deuterium substitution and electronic structure calculations at the density functional theory level. The main products, H2ThSe and H2USe, are shown to have a highly polarized actinide-selenium triple bond, as found for H2AnS on the basis of electronic structure calculations. There is an even larger back-bonding of the Se with the An than found for the corresponding sulfur compounds. These molecules are of special interest as rare examples of multiple bonding of selenium to a metal, particularly an actinide metal.

High-Resolution Study of the nnu(2), n = 1, 2, 3, Vib-Rotational Bands of D(2)Se

High-resolution Fourier transform spectra of the D(2)(M)Se with M = 76, 77, 78, 80, and 82 in the regions of the first and second bending overtones 2nu(2) and 3nu(2) near 1480 and 2210 cm(-1), respectively, were recorded for the first time and assigned. On the basis of these experimental data, rotation-vibration energies were determined and fitted together with those of the (010) state reported earlier (W. Jerembeck, H. Bürger, J.-M. Flaud, and Ph. Arcas, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 197, 215-221 (1999)) by using the "Global Fit" procedure. The obtained set of 43 fitted parameters for these three vibrational states of the D(2)(80)Se species (altogether 86 fitted parameters for 12 states of five M species) reproduces the rotation-vibration energies of all studied states with accuracies close to experimental uncertainties. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

Analysis of the (0 0 v(3)), v(3) = 1, 2, 3 Vibrotational States of HDSe

High-resolution Fourier transform spectra of HDSe in the region of the 2nu(3) and 3nu(3) bands were recorded and analyzed for five different (M)Se isotopic HDSe species. Energies obtained from rovibrational analyses of the (002) and (003) states, together with those taken of the (001) state from an earlier study [O. N. Ulenov, G. A. Onopenko, N. E. Tyabaeva, H. Bürger, and W. Jerzembeck, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 198, 27-39 (1999)], were used as input information for a "Global Fit" procedure. This fit provided 34 spectroscopic parameters for the HD(80)Se species which reproduced rotational-vibrational transitions of the (001), (002), and (003) states within experimental accuracy. Corresponding analyses were performed for the other (M)Se (M = 82, 78, 77, and 76) species. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

High-Resolution Fourier Transform Spectra of HDSe: The Interacting States (v(1) v(2) v(3))/(v(1) +/- 1 v(2) -/+ 2 v(3)) with 2v(1) + v(2) = 1, 2, 3, and 4

For the first time, high-resolution Fourier transform spectra of HDSe in the region of the three polyads, nu(1)/2nu(2), nu(1) + nu(2)/3nu(2), and 2nu(1)/nu(1) + 2nu(2)/nu(2) + nu(3), have been recorded and analyzed. Combined with an earlier investigation of the nu(2) band, and including estimates for the unobserved "dark" 4nu(2) band, these levels were subjected to a "Global Fit," which makes use of relations between parameters within the different polyads. Since there are five isotopic species present in natural HD(M)Se (M = 82, 80, 78, 77, 76), altogether 34 vibration-rotation bands have been studied in the present contribution. The parameters determined by the Global Fit reproduce upper vibrational-rotational energies of all these bands with accuracies close to experimental precision. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

Isotope Substitution in Near Local-Mode H(2)X Molecules: Stretching Fundamental Bands of HDSe

The high-resolution FTIR spectrum of the HDSe molecule in the presence of H(2)Se and D(2)Se was recorded on (80)Se monoisotopic and natural samples in the 1500-2900 cm(-1) region and theoretically analyzed in the regions of the stretching fundamental bands nu(1) and nu(3) near 1692 and 2351 cm(-1), respectively. The analysis was performed starting from derived isotopic relations between vibration-rotation, anharmonic, centrifugal distortion, and other parameters which reveal high predictive power. Strong resonance interactions between the states (100) and (020) are taken into account, and sets of parameters which reproduce the experimental rotation-vibration energies of the (100) and (001) states with a mean accuracy of 0.00008 and 0.00009 cm(-1), respectively, for the HD(80)Se species, were obtained. For the less abundant species, for which some higher order terms were constrained, slightly worse agreement was achieved. The refined spectroscopic parameters are very close to their predicted values. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.