High-resolution infrared and theoretical study of the fundamental bands ν2, ν4 and ν9 and the c-Coriolis interacting dyad ν5, ν14 of 1,3,4-thiadiazole

The Fourier transform gas-phase IR spectrum of 1,3,4-thiadiazole, C2H2N2S, has been recorded with a resolution of ca. 0.003 cm−1 in the 800-1500 cm−1 spectral region. Five fundamental bands ν2(A1; 1391.9 cm−1), ν4(A1; 964.4 cm−1), ν5(A1; 894.6 cm−1), ν9(B1; 821.5 cm−1), and ν14(B2; 898.4 cm−1) have been analysed using the Watson model. Ground state rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants as well as upper state spectroscopic constants have been obtained from fits. The ν4 and ν9 bands are unperturbed while a strong c-Coriolis resonance perturbs the close-lying ν5 and ν14 bands. This dyad system has been analysed by a model including first and second order c-Coriolis resonance using the theoretically predicted Coriolis coupling constant ς14,5c. The ν2 band is strongly perturbed by a local resonance, and we obtain a set of spectroscopic parameters using a model including second order a-Coriolis resonance with the inactive ν10 + ν14 band. Ground state rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants, anharmonic frequencies, and vibration-rotational α-constants predicted by quantum chemical calculations using a cc-pVTZ basis and B3LYP methodology, have been compared with the present experimental data, where there is generally good agreement.