The millimetre-wave spectrum of dimethylsulfide: internal-rotation and centrifugal-distortion analysis
The rotational spectrum of dimethylsulfide has been measured in the millimetre-wave range between 140 and 300 GHz. A new computer program based on the internal-axis method has been used to analyze the rotational spectrum in its torsional ground state. It has allowed us to fit the spectrum satisfactorily and to determine the rotational, internal-rotation, and centrifugal-distortion constants accurately. The influence of the approximations made during the internal-rotation analysis on the moment of inertia (Ia, Ib, Ic, and Iα) is pointed out. It shows the difficulty in determining accurate geometrical structures of two-top molecules from microwave data. For the AA substate, effective rotational parameters are given that allow the calculation of transition frequencies of possible astrophysical interest.