title: Gaseous HgH2, CdH2, and ZnH2.
abstract: Gaseous HgH2, CdH2, and ZnH2 molecules were synthesized by the direct gas-phase reaction of excited mercury, cadmium, and zinc atoms with molecular hydrogen. The molecules were identified by their high-resolution infrared emission spectra, and the metal-hydrogen bond lengths were determined from the rotational analysis of the antisymmetric stretching fundamental bands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shayesteh
authors.forename: Shanshan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Bernath