@article {5216,
	title = {Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy of cyanides and isocyanides of Al, Ga, and In},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy},
	volume = {209},
	number = {2},
	year = {2001},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 490JPTimes Cited: 22Cited Reference Count: 44},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {178-191},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Microwave spectra of the three Group 13 metal cyanide pairs AlNC/AlCN, GaNC/GaCN, and InNC/InCN have been measured in the frequency range 6-25 GHz using a pulsed jet cavity Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The molecules were prepared by ablating the metal with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser and allowing the vapor to react with cyanogen or acetonitrile contained in the Ar backing gas of the jet. The spectra are those of linear molecules. Rotational constants. centrifugal distortion constants. and nuclear quadrupole coupling constants have been precisely evaluated. Molecular geometries determined from the rotational constants using a linear model have revealed unexpectedly short NC bond lengths for the isocyanides, MNC, and are interpreted in terms of a broadened potential well for the bending mode of these molecules. This interpretation is confirmed with ab initio calculations. The centrifugal distortion constants are consistent with this picture. A new formulation of the rigid bender model has produced plausible values for bond lengths and bending amplitudes for the isocyanides. The N-14 quadrupole coupling constants are discussed in terms of the approximate bending amplitudes. A description of the bonding in the molecules has been obtained using Townes-Dailey theory. (C) 2001 Academic Press.},
	keywords = {aluminum, ATOMS, CORRELATED MOLECULAR CALCULATIONS, EQUILIBRIUM, GAUSSIAN-BASIS SETS, IRC+10216, MONOCYANIDES, PARAMETERS, SPECTRUM, STRUCTURE, TRENDS},
	isbn = {0022-2852},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000172049000004},
	author = {Walker, K. A. and Evans, C. J. and Suh, S. H. K. and Gerry, M. C. L. and Watson, J. K. G.}
}
@article {4691,
	title = {Laboratory microwave spectroscopy of aluminium cyanide},
	journal = {Chemical Physics Letters},
	volume = {301},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {1999},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 167XUTimes Cited: 10Cited Reference Count: 23},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {200-204},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The pure rotational spectrum of aluminium cyanide (AlCN) between 10 and 21 GHz has been investigated by Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. Molecular samples were produced by reacting ablated Al metal with cyanogen present in an Ar supersonic jet. Rotational and centrifugal distortion constants and Al-27 and N-14 nuclear quadrupole coupling constants and nuclear spin-rotation constants have been determined for the main isotopomer, (AlCN)-Al-27-C-12-N-14. The spectrum of AlCN was found to be much weaker than that of AlNC thus confirming that AlCN is the less stable of the two isomers. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {ALF, ALNC, CONSTANTS, IRC+10216, ISOCYANIDE, MOLECULES, NACN, SPECTRUM, TRENDS},
	isbn = {0009-2614},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000078660800029},
	author = {Walker, K. A. and Gerry, M. C. L.}
}
