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1Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2.
Abstract:
Rotational spectra of the Ne-Xe-NH3 van der Waals trimer were recorded using a pulsed-nozzle, Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. Both a- and b-type transitions of eight isotopologues, namely 20Ne-132Xe-14NH3, 20Ne-129Xe-14NH3, 20Ne-132Xe-15NH3, 20Ne-129Xe-15NH3, 20Ne-131Xe-15NH3, 22Ne-132Xe-15NH3, 22Ne-129Xe-15NH3, and 22Ne-131Xe-15NH3 were measured and assigned. Nuclear quadrupole hyperfine structures arising from the 14N (nuclear spin quantum number I = 1) and 131Xe (I = 3/2) nuclei were detected and analyzed. The determined rotational constants were used to fit structural parameters. A harmonic force field analysis was performed based on centrifugal distortion constants to extract information about vibrational motions of the complex. A comparison of van der Waals bond lengths and stretching force constants between the Ne-Xe-NH3 trimer and the corresponding dimers indicates that non-additive three-body effects are present in the trimer system. Analyses of the 14N and 131Xe nuclear quadrupole coupling constants suggest that the NH3 unit undergoes nearly free internal rotation within the complex and that the presence of Ne has little effect on the orientation of NH3 with respect to the Xe atom.
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