The ν₆, ν₈ 3ν₄+ν₁₂ infrared system of Si₂H₆ under high resolution: rotational and torsional analysis

Abstract

A Fourier transform infrared spectrum of disilane has been measured at a Doppler limited resolution, and analysed in the region of the ν₆ and ν₈ fundamentals, from about 800 to 1020cm⁻¹. The torsional splittings are not resolved in the ν₆ band, showing that the splittings in the ν₆ = 1 state and in the ground state are almost identical. The torsional splittings in the reasonably unperturbed regions of the ν₈ fundamental are about 0.0146cm⁻¹, and a detailed rotation-torsion analysis shows that the intrinsic splittings in the ν₈ = 1 state are smaller than in the ground state by this amount. An intrinsic torsional splitting about 0.0150 cm⁻¹ is estimated in the vibrational ground state and in the ν₆ = 1 state, and almost vanishing in the ν₈ = 1 state (about 0.0004cm⁻¹), with a barrier height around 407cm⁻¹. This is in agreement with the expectation from theory. The ν₈ band, beyond a moderate x, y-Coriolis coupling with ν₆, is affected by several perturbations, also selective in the torsional components. The 3ν₄ + v¹² combination, with three quanta of the torsional mode excited and large torsional splittings, is the main perturber, causing both Fermi and Coriolis resonances in several regions of the spectrum. The vibrational origins of all four torsional components of 3ν₄ + v¹² were determined. Other perturbative effects are attributed to the systems 2ν₃ + ν₄, and ν₄ + 24₉(E + A). The spectrum was numerically analysed, and the relevant vibration-rotation-torsion parameters were determined.