Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.331, No.2-4, 184-188, 2000
Rotational spectrum of the Kr-HCO+ ionic complex
The Kr-HCO+ ionic complex and its isotopomers have been detected for the first time by Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy, where pure rotational transitions have been observed for six isotopomers under a jet-cooled condition. The rotational and the centrifugal distortion constants of the six isotopomers have been determined by least squares fittings. The complex has been determined to have a linear proton-bound form, with a Kr-H distance to be 2.222 Angstrom and an estimated intermolecular stretching frequency of 129 cm(-1). Results of Kr-HCO+ are compared with those of Ar-HCO+ and neutral complexes containing Kr.