“…Determination of the ground state constants thus relied on the assignments of rotational transitions in its dense vibrational bands, a challenging feat overcome in 2004 with the high-resolution analysis of three infrared bands, namely ν 17 (3100 cm −1 ), 8 ν 11 (908 cm −1 ), 9 and ν 20 (1596 cm −1 ). 9 From extensive isotopic investigations, Craig and co-workers 1 soon afterward derived a full semiexperimental structure from the ground state rotational constants of eight isotopologues: the normal, 9 1,1-d 2 , 10 2,3-d 2 , 9 1,4-trans,trans-d 2 , 11 1,4-cis,cis-d 2 , 11 1,4-cis,trans-d 2 , 11 1-13 C 1 , 12 and 2,3-13 C 2 13 species. With the notable exception of butadiene-1,1-d 2 , which is slightly polar and was thus investigated using microwave spectroscopy by Caminati et al, 10 the rotational constants of all other isotopologues were derived from high-resolution ro-vibrational measurements.…”