Gas-phase spectroscopic identification of the chlorovinyl radical

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 Oct 27;24(41):25099-25105. doi: 10.1039/d2cp03578b.

Abstract

Fourier transform microwave spectra for two isomers of the chlorine substituted vinyl radical have been observed in the 4-52 GHz frequency region. The observed radicals (2A') have been generated using electric discharges of diluted dichloro derivatives of ethylene as molecular precursors. Fine and hyperfine components observed for each rotational transition are fully assigned in the present study to two isotopologues (35Cl and 37Cl), and precise molecular constants are determined for both radicals.