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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 5897 - 5901, DOI: 10.1039/b712798g


Oxygen-17 hyperfine structures in the pure rotational spectra of SrO, SnO, BaO, HfO and ThO

Christopher T. Dewberry, Kerry C. Etchison, Garry S. Grubbs II, Robert A. Powoski, Michal M. Serafin, Sean A. Peebles and Stephen A. Cooke


Hyperfine structures arising from the couplings of the nuclear spin angular momentum of 17O (I = 5/2) with the end over end rotation of several metal-containing diatomic monoxides have been observed using a Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The molecules have been produced by reacting 17O2 with laser ablated metal atoms. The oxygen-17 nuclear quadrupole coupling constants have been determined for the title molecules and are interpreted in terms of a simple Townes–Dailey model. Also, the oxygen-17 nuclear spin-rotation constants have been determined and used to calculate the oxygen-17 shieldings for each molecule.

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