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Five microwave transitions of the SO free radical in the gas phase have been measured and assigned. The lines result from electric dipole transitions between rotational levels in the 3Σ— ground state which are strongly perturbed by the interaction of the electron spin. The molecular constants determined from the analysis are B0=0.71791 cm—1, λ=5.276 cm—1, and γ=—0.0052 cm—1. The electric dipole moment has been determined as 1.55 D from the Stark effect. Wavefunctions and intensities are discussed. A combination of microwave and optical data gives Be=0.72072 cm—1 and re=1.48095 Å for the ground state and λ=3.5 cm—1 for the excited B 3Σ— electronic state. The spectrum was studied in a flow system in which SO was generated by the reaction of oxygen atoms with OCS or other materials. The apparatus is described in detail.

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Sulfur difluioride has been identified and characterized from its microwave spectrum. The analysis of rotational transitions for both sulfur difluoride-32 and sulfur difluoride-34 shows that this molecular species has C(2v) symmetry with a bond length of 1.589 angstroms, a bond angle of 98 degrees 16', and a dipole moment of 1.05 Debye.

Thioformaldehyde (H(2)CS) has been detected and characterized from its microwave spectrum. Preliminary analysis of rotational transitions for the sulfur-32-containing form of H(2)CS shows this new species to have C(2v) symmetry with rotational constants (in megahertz) of A = 292,729, B = 17,698, and C = 16,652. The possibility of detection of thioformaldehyde in the interstellar medium is discussed, and a table of transitions expected to be of importance for that detection is presented.

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