The ν4 and ν2 + ν5 high resolution infrared bands of F35Cl18O3 and F37Cl18O3

The high resolution infrared spectra of monoisotopic F35Cl18O3 and F37Cl18O3 have been studied in the region of the ν4 fundamentals, centered at 1278.3 and 1263.3 cm−1, respectively. Large perturbations are observed in both bands due to a Fermi type anharmonic resonance with the ν2 + ν5 combination bands, centered at 1270.7 cm−1 in F35Cl18O3 and 1257.3 cm−1 in F37Cl18O3. In particular, they affect the kl > 0 levels of the v4 = 1 and v2 = v5 = 1 states which cross at kl ⩾ 18 in F35Cl18O3 and kl ⩾ 3 in F37Cl18O3, due to the opposite values of Aζ4z and Aζ25z. The Δl = Δk = ±2 and Δl = 0, Δk = ±3 essential resonances are also effective in the excited states of the dyad in F35Cl18O3, while in F37Cl18O3 only the Δl = Δk = ±2 one is active. In the spectrum of F35Cl18O3 3423 transitions have been assigned, 10% of them belonging to ν2 + ν5. The rovibrational parameters and the interaction constants between the v4 = 1 and v2 = v5 = 1 levels have been obtained. The depertubed band origins of ν4 and ν2 + ν5 are 1277.310567(165) and 1271.753733(195) cm−1, respectively, and the anharmonic resonance constant W245F is 2.804416(153) cm−1. For F37Cl18O3, 3022 transitions have been assigned, 38% belonging to the ν2 + ν5 combination band. The depertubed band origins are 1260.856338(123) and 1259.872338(134) cm−1, for ν4and ν2 + ν5 and the W245F constant is 2.9350669(405) cm−1. The equilibrium geometry of perchloryl fluoride, re (ClO) = 139.7(3) pm, re (ClF) = 161.0(5) pm, and αe (OClO) = 115.7(4) degree, has been determined using the Ae and Be equilibrium constants of the four symmetric isotopologues of perchloryl fluoride, F35/37Cl16O3 and F35/37Cl18O3.