@article {4555,
	title = {Fourier transform microwave spectrum, geometry, and hyperfine coupling constants of phosphenous fluoride, OPF},
	journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry A},
	volume = {103},
	number = {5},
	year = {1999},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 174PBTimes Cited: 6Cited Reference Count: 60},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {560-567},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The microwave spectrum of phosphenous fluoride, OFF, has been measured using a pulsed-jet cavity Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. With the exception of a mass spectroscopic detection of the molecule, chemically prepared for use in a matrix IR study, this is the first observation of free gas-phase OFF. The samples were prepared from mixtures of PF3 and O-2 in Ne carrier gas, using an electric discharge. Rotational transitions of two isotopomers ((OPF)-O-16-P-31-F-19 and (OPF)-O-18-P-31-F-19) have been measured in the 4-26 GHz frequency range. The determined rotational constants have been used to calculate r(0), r(7), and approximate r(e) molecular geometries. In contrast to the nitrogen analogue, ONF, OFF has been found to show no irregularities in its geometry. Small hyperfine splittings due to the spin-1/2 P-31 and F-19 nuclei have been analyzed in terms of nuclear spin-rotation interactions. Because the determined coupling constants were of similar magnitudes and could not be unambiguously assigned, the related nuclear shielding parameters have been derived using both possible assignments. The spin-rotation coupling constants are compared with those calculated using ab initio techniques, and the F-19 nuclear shieldings are compared with those derived for the nitrogen analogue ONF.},
	keywords = {BANDS, CL-35, DIPOLE, FORCE-FIELD, INFRARED-SPECTRA, MATRIX-IR INVESTIGATIONS, MOLECULES, N-14, NITROSYL CHLORIDE, SHIELDING TENSOR},
	isbn = {1089-5639},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000079042600002},
	author = {Gatehouse, B. and Brupbacher, T. and Gerry, M. C. L.}
}
@article {3340,
	title = {STRUCTURE, HARMONIC FORCE-FIELD AND HYPERFINE COUPLING-CONSTANTS OF NITROSYL CHLORIDE},
	journal = {Journal of the Chemical Society-Faraday Transactions},
	volume = {91},
	number = {19},
	year = {1995},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: TA547Times Cited: 8Cited Reference Count: 43},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {3347-3355},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The pure rotational spectra of five isotopic species of nitrosyl chloride were measured using a cavity pulsed microwave Fourier-transform spectrometer. Some a-type transitions of all five isotopomers, and some weak b-type transitions of four of these isotopomers were measured in the 4-26 GHz frequency range. Precise values for the rotational constants and the quartic centrifugal distortion constants were obtained. The rotational constants were used in structure determinations and the centrifugal distortion constants were used in a refinement of the harmonic general valence force field. A harmonic central valence force field was also calculated. Hyperfine structure in these transitions arising from quadrupole and spin-rotation coupling interactions was also observed. Diagonal and off-diagonal quadrupole coupling constants and diagonal spin-rotation coupling constants of both the chlorine and nitrogen nuclei were determined. The principal quadrupole coupling constants were evaluated and used to calculate the approximate ionic character of the N-Cl bond. The spin-rotational coupling constants were used to calculate the diamagnetic shielding factor for the nitrogen nucleus; the magnitude of this value indicates a fairly ionic N-Cl bond.},
	keywords = {CL-35, EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURE, FLUORIDE, INFRARED-SPECTRA, MILLIMETER-WAVE, MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE, N-14, PARAMETERS, SPECTROSCOPY},
	isbn = {0956-5000},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1995TA54700004},
	author = {Gatehouse, B. and Muller, H. S. P. and Heineking, N. and Gerry, M. C. L.}
}
