LiOLi

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   1B1
 Energy 
 (cm-1) 		  Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 		  λmax 
 (nm) 		  References
To = 21331 gas 1B1-X 433 645 Bellert and Breckenridge, 2001
Bellert, Winn, et al., 2001
Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002
Bellert, Winn, et al., 2003
Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
a1 1 Sym. stretch 601 ± 5 w gas LF Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002
2 Bend 147 ± 6 w gas LF Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002
b2 3 Asym. stretch 551 ± 5 w gas LF Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002

State:   X

Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
Σg+ 1 Sym. stretch 779.3 ± 1.8 gas LF Bellert, Winn, et al., 2001
Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002, 2
Πu 2 Bend 111.6 ± 0.8 gas LF Bellert, Winn, et al., 2001
Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002, 2
2 Bend 112 Kr IR Seshadri, White, et al., 1966
Σu+ 3 Asym. stretch 964 ± 7 H gas LF Bellert, Winn, et al., 2001
3 Asym. stretch 1011.2 Ne IR Wang and Andrews, 2009
3 Asym. stretch 997.3 Ar IR Andrews, Saffell, et al., 1994
3 Asym. stretch 986.5 Kr IR White, Seshadri, et al., 1963
Seshadri, White, et al., 1966
3 Asym. stretch 945.6 N2 IR Spiker and Andrews, 1973

Additional references: Jacox, 2003, page 53

Notes

wWeak
H(1/2)(2ν)
oEnergy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states.

References

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Bellert and Breckenridge, 2001
Bellert, D.; Breckenridge, W.H., A spectroscopic determination of the bond length of the LiOLi molecule: Strong ionic bonding, J. Chem. Phys., 2001, 114, 7, 2871, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1349424 . [all data]

Bellert, Winn, et al., 2001
Bellert, D.; Winn, D.K.; Breckenridge, W.H., Dispersed fluorescence studies of linear LiOLi: a strongly bound, but very `floppy' ionic molecule, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2001, 348, 1-2, 39, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00996-4 . [all data]

Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002
Bellert, D.; Winn, D.K.; Breckenridge, W.H., Spectroscopic determination of the vibrational frequencies of the first excited state of LiOLi, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2002, 355, 1-2, 151, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(02)00201-4 . [all data]

Bellert, Winn, et al., 2003
Bellert, D.; Winn, D.K.; Breckenridge, W.H., Spectroscopic characterization of the first singlet (A [sup 1]B[sub 1]) excited state of [sup 7]Li[sup 16]O[sup 7]Li, J. Chem. Phys., 2003, 119, 19, 10169, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1614773 . [all data]

Bellert, Winn, et al., 2002, 2
Bellert, D.; Winn, D.K.; Breckenridge, W.H., Rovibrational energy levels of the LiOLi molecule from dispersed fluorescence and stimulated emission pumping studies, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 117, 7, 3139, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1491876 . [all data]

Seshadri, White, et al., 1966
Seshadri, K.S.; White, D.; Mann, D.E., Low-Frequency Region of the Infrared Spectrum of Matrix Isolated Vapors from Li2O(s), J. Chem. Phys., 1966, 45, 12, 4697, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1727557 . [all data]

Wang and Andrews, 2009
Wang, X.; Andrews, L., Infrared spectra, structure and bonding in the LiO, Mol. Phys., 2009, 107, 8-12, 739, https://doi.org/10.1080/00268970802526583 . [all data]

Andrews, Saffell, et al., 1994
Andrews, L.; Saffell, W.; Yustein, J.T., Reactions of pulsed-laser evaporated lithium atoms with O2 and N2O, Chem. Phys., 1994, 189, 2, 343, https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0104(94)00194-4 . [all data]

White, Seshadri, et al., 1963
White, D.; Seshadri, K.S.; Dever, D.F.; Mann, D.E.; Linevski, M.J., Infrared spectra and the structures and thermodynamics of gaseous LiO, Li2O, and Li2O2, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 39, 2463. [all data]

Spiker and Andrews, 1973
Spiker, R.C., Jr.; Andrews, L., Matrix reactions of lithium atoms with N2O: Infrared spectra of LiO and Li2O, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 58, 2, 702, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1679257 . [all data]

Jacox, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

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