The 2ν1, 2ν2 and 2ν3 overtones of FClO3

The infrared spectra of the 2ν1, 2ν2 and 2ν3 overtones of perchloryl fluoride, FClO3, have been recorded at high resolution using monoisotopic pure samples. Four symmetric top species have been investigated: F35Cl16O3, F37Cl16O3, F35Cl18O3 and F37Cl18O3. The vi = 2, i = 1, 2, 3 vibrationally excited states are totally symmetric, so these overtones correspond to parallel bands of medium/weak intensity, centered from 2010 to 2120 cm−1 (2ν1), from 1390 to 1430 cm−1 (2ν2) and from 1070 to 1100 cm−1 (2ν3). Most of the bands are unperturbed and their analysis was straightforward. The band origins, the rotational and centrifugal molecular constants in the v1 = 2, v2 = 2 and v3 = 2 states have been determined, with standard deviations of the fits from 0.00024 to 0.00067 cm−1. The 2ν1 overtones of F35Cl16O3 and F37Cl16O3 are perturbed by an A1/E Coriolis resonance between the v1 = 2 state and one E component of the v4 = 1, v6 = 2 manifold. The 2ν2 of F37Cl18O3 is perturbed by the same kind of interaction involving the v1 = v6 = 1 (E) state, at about 1396 cm−1. In these bands the resonance is localized on rotational levels with specific J and K values. As a consequence, a few transitions of the perpendicular bands involving the interacting levels could be identified in the spectra. A simultaneous fit of the transitions assigned to the dyads has been performed and the parameters of the excited states have been determined, including the high order Coriolis interaction coefficient C111. The anharmonic constants x11, x22, x33 of all the studied isotopologues of FClO3, x46 of F35Cl16O3, x46 + g46 of F37Cl16O3 and x16 of F37Cl18O3, have been derived.