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Detection and Characterization of a Pre‐Reactive Complex in a Mixture of Water and Fluorine: Rotational Spectrum of H 2 O…︁F 2
Author(s) -
Cooke Stephen A.,
Cotti Gina,
Holloway John H.,
Legon Anthony C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199701291
Subject(s) - planar , fluorine , fourier transform , spectrum (functional analysis) , microwave , characterization (materials science) , rotational spectrum , nozzle , analytical chemistry (journal) , resonance (particle physics) , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chemistry , rotational spectroscopy , physics , atomic physics , optics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , computer science , chromatography , thermodynamics , computer graphics (images)
A planar (C 2v ) or effectively planar (C s ) geometry is exhibited by the pre‐reactive intermediate H 2 O…F 2 , which has been identified in gaseous mixtures of H 2 O and F 2 . The rotational spectrum of this intermediate, which was obtained by using a Fourier‐transform microwave spectrometer equipped with a fast‐mixing nozzle, reveals that H 2 O…F 2 has an O…F distance of 2.719(4) Å and is very weakly bound.