High-resolution infrared and subterahertz spectroscopy of the v2=1, v5=1, and v3=2 levels of 13CH3 35Cl

High-resolution Fourier-transform infrared spectra between 1235 and 1680 cm(-1) and subterahertz spectra between 250 and 630 GHz of monoisotopic (CH3Cl)-C-13-Cl-35 have been recorded and analyzed simultaneously, with all Coriolis, a-resonance, and l-type interactions in the polyad of the v(2) = 1, v(5) = 1, and v(3) = 2 levels taken into account. Several a-resonances (Delta k =+/- 2, Delta/ = T -/+ 1) generating perturbation-allowed transitions have been assigned in the rovibrational spectra. These resonances enabled us to determine accurately and independently the ground state rotational and centrifugal distortion parameters A(0) = 5.205 746 9 (55) cm(-1) and D-K(0) = 8.4404(84) x 10(-5) cm(-1). Even H-K(0) = 8.527(39) x 10(-9) cm(-1), which is, however, correlated to higher-order g-resonance terms, was determined. With 51 upper state parameters varied, about 5800 rovibrational wavenumbers and more than 550 rotational frequencies pertaining to the excited vibrational states were fitted within their experimental accuracy. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Inc.