Table 2.
transition | energy (cm−1) by the “hotband” method30 | energy (cm−1) from the current workb |
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±15/2 → ±13/2 (ν1) | 110 | 104 (far-IR/INS) |
±15/2 → ±11/2 (ν2) | 190 | approximately 180(5) (far-IR) |
±15/2 → ±9/2 (ν3) | 245 | 245 (far-IR) |
The ±15/2 → ±7/2 transition (ν4), observed at 327 cm−1 by the indirect “hot-band” optical absorption technique, appears to be at 285 cm−1 in the FIRMS spectra (Figure S7).
The errors for the energies are estimated to be ca. 1 cm−1 (Supporting Information).