Microwave Spectrum of Cyclopentene-3,5-dione
The microwave spectra of cyclopentene-3,5-dione in the ground state and the first four excited states of the ring bending vibration have been studied in the frequency region 26.5 to 40.0 GHz and the corresponding rotational constants have been determined. The ground state spectrum of one isotopically substituted species, 4-deuteriocyclopentene-3,5-dione, has also been assigned. The following values of the ground state rotational constants (MHz) were obtained from the spectra:From intensity and inertial-defect considerations the ring configuration was shown to be planar in the ground state. In addition, the nearly straight-line behaviour of the rotational constants as functions of the ring-puckering vibrational quantum number indicates that the ring-puckering vibration is nearly harmonic with a fundamental frequency of approximately 90 cm-1 . The electric dipole moment for the unsubstituted species in the vibrational ground state was found to be 1.680 ± 0.009 Debye units