Time-resolved infrared diode laser spectroscopy of the ν1 (C-O stretch) band of the CoCO radical

Infrared spectrum of the cobalt carbonyl radical CoCO produced by the 193 nm excimer laser photolysis of cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl Co(CO)3NO was observed by time-resolved diode laser spectroscopy. More than 600 lines were identified as belonging to the ν1 (C-O stretch) fundamental band, consisting of the Ω=5/2 and 3/2 subbands, and the associated hot bands 112, 101 211, 101311, and 101222. The 2Δi electronic ground state of CoCO was experimentally confirmed. The ν1 band origins are 1974.172582(93) cm−1 and 1973.53178(14) cm−1 for the Ω=5/2 and 3/2 subbands, respectively. The rotational constant in the ground state was determined as B0=4427.146(50) MHz. The centrifugal distortion constant D0=1.1243(68) kHz was obtained for the Ω=5/2 substate of the ground state. The equilibrium rotational constant Be=4435.44(14) MHz was derived, together with the vibration-rotation interaction constants.