DCF2

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

Vib. sym.	No.	Approximate type of mode	cm^-1		Med.	Method	References


a'	2	CF s-stretch	1143	m	Ar	IR	Carver and Andrews, 1969 Jacox, 1980
	3	Umbrella	794 ± 4		gas	MPI	Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992
a	5	CF a-stretch	1214	s	Ar	IR	Carver and Andrews, 1969 Jacox, 1980
	6	DCF deform.	933	w m	Ar	IR	Carver and Andrews, 1969 Jacox, 1980

Weak

Medium

Strong

Energy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states.

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Dearden, Hudgens, et al., 1992
Dearden, D.V.; Hudgens, J.W.; Johnson, R.D., III; Tsai, B.P.; Kafafi, S.A., Spectroscopic and ab initio studies of difluoromethyl radicals and cations, J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 2, 585, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100181a017 . [all data]

Carver and Andrews, 1969
Carver, T.G.; Andrews, L., Infrared Spectrum of the Difluoromethyl Radical in Solid Argon, J. Chem. Phys., 1969, 50, 12, 5100, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1671024 . [all data]

Jacox, 1980
Jacox, M.E., Infrared spectroscopic study of the reaction of H atoms with CF2 in argon and nitrogen matrices, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1980, 81, 2, 349, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(80)90198-8 . [all data]

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