Lowest vibrational states of acrylonitrile from microwave and synchrotron radiation spectra

The high resolution Fourier-transform spectrum of acrylonitrile covering the 40-700 cm(-1) spectral region was recorded at the AWES infrared beamline of the SOLEIL synchrotron. The spectrum allowed assignment of vibration-rotation transitions in four different fundamental bands, five hot bands, one overtone band, as well as of some pure rotational transitions. The new infrared data and previous measurements made with microwave techniques have been combined into a single global fit encompassing over 31000 measured transitions. Precise vibrational term values have been determined for the eight lowest excited vibrational states, including nu(11) = 228.299930(4), nu(15) = 332.678207(4), nu 10 = 560.716701(5), and nu(14) = 681.793862(13) cm(-1). The new values are compared with those obtained previously entirely on the basis of rotational perturbations. Several anharmonicity coefficients are determined and compared with ab initio anharmonic force field calculations. The assignment of the nu(10) mode is also clarified. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.