Millimeter Wave Spectrum and Molecular Structure of Oxygen Difluoride Available to Purchase

The molecular structure of oxygen difluoride (OF₂) has been studied by microwave spectroscopy techniques. A video microwave spectrometer was used to find 13 rotational absorption lines. Klystron‐driven crystal harmonic generators were used as energy sources for the spectrometer. The frequencies of the lines were measured with a precise frequency standard. Nine of the lines were assigned to rotational transitions of OF₂ using a graphical method. The three average rotational constants A, B, and C were determined from the exact energy solutions for the rotational transitions. The values for the rotational constants together with the effective moments of inertia calculated from them were A=61 567.71 Mc, I_A=8.21096 amu, A²; B=11 066.54 Mc, I_B=45.6809; C=9 343.85 Mc; I_C=54.1088 amu, A². The effective values for the oxygen fluorine interatomic distance and the apex angle 2θ calculated from I_A and I_B were r=1.3896 A, 2θ=104.163. The rotational inertial defect was found to be +0.217 amu, A².