title: Infrared spectrum of carbon trisulfide in solid argon.
abstract: Cocondensation of carbon disulfide with high-frequency discharged argon at 4 K produced carbon monosulfide and atomic sulfur, which reacted spontaneously upon annealing to form the carbon trisulfide molecule as identified from the multiplets observed in mixed (12)C, (13)C and (32)S, (34)S isotopic spectra. On the basis of isotopic substitution and theoretical frequency calculations, infrared absorptions at 1263.3 and 570.1 cm(-1) were assigned to predominantly CS stretching and bending vibrations of CS(3) in solid argon. The CS(3) molecule, which was calculated to have a singlet ground state with C(2v) symmetry, dissociated to form the weakly bound SCS-S complex upon visible light irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Renhu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Dongmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Mohua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mingfei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lester
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andrews