@article {5216,
	title = {Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy of cyanides and isocyanides of Al, Ga, and In},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy},
	volume = {209},
	number = {2},
	year = {2001},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 490JPTimes Cited: 22Cited Reference Count: 44},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {178-191},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Microwave spectra of the three Group 13 metal cyanide pairs AlNC/AlCN, GaNC/GaCN, and InNC/InCN have been measured in the frequency range 6-25 GHz using a pulsed jet cavity Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The molecules were prepared by ablating the metal with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser and allowing the vapor to react with cyanogen or acetonitrile contained in the Ar backing gas of the jet. The spectra are those of linear molecules. Rotational constants. centrifugal distortion constants. and nuclear quadrupole coupling constants have been precisely evaluated. Molecular geometries determined from the rotational constants using a linear model have revealed unexpectedly short NC bond lengths for the isocyanides, MNC, and are interpreted in terms of a broadened potential well for the bending mode of these molecules. This interpretation is confirmed with ab initio calculations. The centrifugal distortion constants are consistent with this picture. A new formulation of the rigid bender model has produced plausible values for bond lengths and bending amplitudes for the isocyanides. The N-14 quadrupole coupling constants are discussed in terms of the approximate bending amplitudes. A description of the bonding in the molecules has been obtained using Townes-Dailey theory. (C) 2001 Academic Press.},
	keywords = {aluminum, ATOMS, CORRELATED MOLECULAR CALCULATIONS, EQUILIBRIUM, GAUSSIAN-BASIS SETS, IRC+10216, MONOCYANIDES, PARAMETERS, SPECTRUM, STRUCTURE, TRENDS},
	isbn = {0022-2852},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000172049000004},
	author = {Walker, K. A. and Evans, C. J. and Suh, S. H. K. and Gerry, M. C. L. and Watson, J. K. G.}
}
@article {4691,
	title = {Laboratory microwave spectroscopy of aluminium cyanide},
	journal = {Chemical Physics Letters},
	volume = {301},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {1999},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 167XUTimes Cited: 10Cited Reference Count: 23},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {200-204},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The pure rotational spectrum of aluminium cyanide (AlCN) between 10 and 21 GHz has been investigated by Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. Molecular samples were produced by reacting ablated Al metal with cyanogen present in an Ar supersonic jet. Rotational and centrifugal distortion constants and Al-27 and N-14 nuclear quadrupole coupling constants and nuclear spin-rotation constants have been determined for the main isotopomer, (AlCN)-Al-27-C-12-N-14. The spectrum of AlCN was found to be much weaker than that of AlNC thus confirming that AlCN is the less stable of the two isomers. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {ALF, ALNC, CONSTANTS, IRC+10216, ISOCYANIDE, MOLECULES, NACN, SPECTRUM, TRENDS},
	isbn = {0009-2614},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000078660800029},
	author = {Walker, K. A. and Gerry, M. C. L.}
}
@article {4428,
	title = {N-14 hyperfine structure in the pure rotational spectrum of (MgNC)-Mg-24-N-14-C-12},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy},
	volume = {189},
	number = {1},
	year = {1998},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: ZM048Times Cited: 12Cited Reference Count: 44},
	month = {May},
	pages = {40-45},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The pure rotational spectrum of (MgNC)-Mg-24-N-14-C-12, between 11.9 and 23.9 GHz, has been measured using a pulsed jet Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The hyperfine structure due to the N-14 nucleus has been measured, and the nuclear quadrupole coupling, Fermi contact, and dipole-dipole interaction constants have been determined. The ionic character of the metal-isocyanide bond has been investigated through the nuclear quadrupole and magnetic hyperfine parameters. (C) 1998 Academic Press.},
	keywords = {ABINITIO, INTERSTELLAR, IRC+10216, MG-BEARING MOLECULE, MILLIMETER, PARAMETERS, PREDICTION, RESONANCE, SEARCHES, spectroscopic constants},
	isbn = {0022-2852},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000073499500005},
	author = {Walker, K. A. and Gerry, M. C. L.}
}
@article {4147,
	title = {Nuclear hyperfine interactions in the microwave spectrum of aluminium isocyanide},
	journal = {Chemical Physics Letters},
	volume = {278},
	number = {1-3},
	year = {1997},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: YF643Times Cited: 23Cited Reference Count: 34},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {9-15},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The pure rotational spectrum of AINC has been measured between 11.9 and 24.0 GHz using a pulsed jet Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The molecule was produced using a laser ablation source, in which the ablated Al metal reacted with cyanogen present in the Ar backing gas of the jet. Hyperfine structure due to both the Al-27 and N-14 nuclei has been observed. Nuclear quadrupole coupling constants and nuclear spin-rotation constants have been determined for both nuclei along with an Al-N nuclear spin-spin coupling constant. The electronic structure of AINC has been investigated by estimating the degree of sp-hybridisation of the Al and N bonding orbitals. Comparisons have been made to similar linear metal isocyanide and aluminium halide species. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.},
	keywords = {ABINITIO, ALCL, interactions, IRC+10216, MG-BEARING MOLECULE, MILLIMETER, PREDICTION, ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM, SPECTROMETER, spectroscopic constants, SPIN},
	isbn = {0009-2614},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1997YF64300002},
	author = {Walker, K. A. and Gerry, M. C. L.}
}
