Rubidium monoxide

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
6.69SButman, Kudin, et al., 1984LBLHLM

Constants of diatomic molecules

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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg

Data collected through July, 1977

Symbols used in the table of constants
SymbolMeaning
State electronic state and / or symmetry symbol
Te minimum electronic energy (cm-1)
ωe vibrational constant – first term (cm-1)
ωexe vibrational constant – second term (cm-1)
ωeye vibrational constant – third term (cm-1)
Be rotational constant in equilibrium position (cm-1)
αe rotational constant – first term (cm-1)
γe rotation-vibration interaction constant (cm-1)
De centrifugal distortion constant (cm-1)
βe rotational constant – first term, centrifugal force (cm-1)
re internuclear distance (Å)
Trans. observed transition(s) corresponding to electronic state
ν00 position of 0-0 band (units noted in table)
Diatomic constants for (85)Rb16O
StateTeωeωexeωeyeBeαeγeDeβereTrans.ν00
A 2Πi (606) 1 (389) 1        2.41 1  
X 2Σ+ 0 (433) 1        2.28 1  

Notes

1Ab initio calculations So and Richards, 1975; experimental evidence for a 2Σ ground state comes from the ESR spectrum of matrix isolated 87RbO Lindsay, Herschbach, et al., 1974.

References

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Butman, Kudin, et al., 1984
Butman, M.F.; Kudin, L.S.; Krasnov, K.S., The Mass-spectrometric determination of the proton affinity of the molecules M2O (M = Na, K, Rb, Cs), Russ. J. Inorg. Chem., 1984, 29, 1228, In original 2150. [all data]

So and Richards, 1975
So, S.P.; Richards, W.G., The electronic ground states of alkali monoxides, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 32, 227. [all data]

Lindsay, Herschbach, et al., 1974
Lindsay, D.M.; Herschbach, D.R.; Kwiram, A.L., ESR spectra of matrix isolated CsO and RbO molecules: 2Σ ground states and inner shell bonding, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 315. [all data]

Notes

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