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PINA COLARUSSO, KEQING ZHANG, PETER BERNATH, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1; YOSHIYUKI KAWASHIMA, Department of Chemical Technology, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-02, Japan; AND EIZI HIROTA, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-01, Japan.

We generated the transient molecule DBO by reacting deuterium with the parent molecule, HBO, at temperatures above 800^\circC in a ceramic tube furnace. Infrared emission spectra were recorded with a Fourier transform spectrometer at a resolution of 0.01 cm^-1 from 350 to 3600 cm^-1. We observed the three fundamental vibrational bands as well as various hot and combination bands. A strong Coriolis interaction was detected between the ₁ and ₂+₃ energy levels. The high-resolution infrared data for DBO will be combined with previous results\footnoteY.~Kawashima et al. , J.~Molec.~Spectrosc. 133, 116-127 (1989)~and~44^th Symp.~Molec.~Spectrosc., Columbus, (1989).^, to yield a thorough analysis of the ground electronic state.