THE FOURIER-TRANSFORM INFRARED-SPECTRUM OF THE BORON-TRIFLUORIDE CARBON-DIOXIDE COMPLEX

The Fourier transform infrared spectra from 4000 to 250 cm(-1) of mixt ures of boron trifluoride and carbon dioxide, trapped in nitrogen and argon matrices at cryogenic temperatures, have been recorded. Many ban ds have been assigned to a proposed 1:1 molecular complex, and the spe ctrum is consistent with the complex having an asymmetric top structur e. This proposed structure is in agreement with the conclusions of an earlier gas phase molecular beam electric resonance study and with our own ab initio theoretical calculations. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V .