Abstract
The v 3 (SO stretching) fundamental band of the HSO radical in the 10 μm region has been studied using the technique of intracavity CO2 laser magnetic resonance. HSO was produced in a flow system by reacting the products of a microwave discharge in an O2+Ar mixture with CH3SH. Spectra in the 998 to 1016 cm-1 region were assigned to transitions with N′ ≦ 7 and K′ a ˇ- 3; their analysis yielded values of the v 3 band origin, and the rotational and spin-rotation parameters for the (001) state. We were not able to assign any transitions to the v 2 (bending) band, which should lie at somewhat higher frequencies, and these (010) state levels may perturb v 3 band transitions with K a≥4 through Coriolis interactions.