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Published February 14, 2002 | public
Journal Article

First Spectroscopic Observation of Gas-Phase HOONO

Abstract

A vibrational overtone photodissociation spectrum of HOONO formed in the reaction of OH with NO_2 is reported. Rich vibrational structure, consistent with the existence of several HOONO conformers, is observed. A tentative vibrational assignment of the observed bands is proposed although complete assignment is not possible without further spectroscopic information. The ratio HOONO/HONO2 formed in the reaction of OH with NO_2 is estimated to be about 5% at 253 K and 20 Torr.

Additional Information

© 2002 American Chemical Society. Received: September 21, 2001; In Final Form: November 28, 2001. This work was funded in part by NASA's Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Program (NAG5-11157) and the National Science Foundation's Atmospheric Chemistry Program (ATM-0094670). The OPO laser system was developed with partial support from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program (ATM-9724500; Geoffrey A. Blake, PI). S.A.N. thanks the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for support.

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