Rotational analysis of the 13 200 and 13 400 cm−1 bands of NO2 by means of Fourier transform spectroscopy

The analysis of two parallel absorption bands of NO2, at 13 400 and 13 200 cm−1 respectively, has been performed using high resolution Fourier transform spectra. This paper is an extension of the work performed on the 7390 Å band (13 500 cm−1) in 1977 by Hallin and Merer, and completed in 1980 by Perrin, Camy-Peyret, Flaud, and Luc.The lines involving the Ka = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 stacks for the 13 400 cm−1 band and Ka = 0, 1, 3, 4 for the 13 200 cm−1 band have been assigned and considerable spin–orbit and/or Coriolis coupling induced transitions have been detected.The 13 400 cm−1 band can be considered as belonging to the [Formula: see text] electronic transition, while the 13 200 cm−1 band might be, as the 7390 Å band (at 13 500 cm−1), a transition within the ground state manifold which barrows its intensity through vibronic coupling from the 13 400 cm−1 band. Tentative vibrational assignments are given.