A careful rotational analysis of the ground vibrational state of the C
HD3 molecule is made on the basis of the ground state combination diff
erences method using, as the initial information, transitions from 12
infrared absorption bands: nu(3)(A(1)), nu(6)(E), nu(5)(E), 2 nu(3)(A(
1)), 2 nu(6)(A(1)), 2 nu(6)(E), nu(3) + nu(6)(E), 2 nu(5)(A(1)), 2 nu(
5)(E), nu(3), + nu(5)(E), nu(5) + nu(6)(A(1) + A(2)), and nu(5) + nu(6
)(E). More than 2500 ''forbidden'' transitions were used to determine
the parameters C, D-k, and H-k a(1) - a(2)(K = 3) splittings in the gr
ound vibrational state were found and analyzed. (C) 1997 Academic Pres
s.