trans-HNSO
Thionylimide, trans conformer
Species tag 063518
Version1*
Date of EntryJan. 2026
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

Millimeter and submillimeter transition frequencies are from
(1) V. Lattanzi, M. Sanz-Novo, V. M. Rivilla, I. Jiménez-Serra, and P. Caselli, 2025, Front. Chem. 13, Art. No. 1720662.
The unpublished transition frequenmcies were kindly provided by the first author. trans-HNSO is about 1000 cm–-1 (1450 K) or more higher than cis-HNSO (here just called HNSO). It is unlikely to be detected under conditions of local thermal equilibrium. Therefore, it was treated as separate species only.
The calculation should be sufficient for identifications in the ISM. Calculated transition frequencies should be viewed with caution if the calculated uncertainties exceed 0.1 MHz. 14N hyperfine splitting may matter in astronomical observations. The hyperfine parameters are from a quatum chemical calculation by
(2) H. S. P. Müller, 2023, unpublished..
The calculated splittings should be taken with slight caution. A separate hyperfine calculation is provided for J ≤ 10 below 370 GHz and with Ka ≤ 3. NOTE: The partition function takes into account the spin multiplicity of the 14N nucleus !
The dipole moment is from a quantum chemical calculation in (1).

Lines Listed3131
Frequency / GHz< 600
Max. J66
log STR0-8.5
log STR1-5.0
Isotope Corr. 
Egy / (cm–1)0.0
 µa / D1.96
 µb / D2.41
 µc / D 
 A / MHz50429.1
 B / MHz9957.15
 C / MHz8297.87
 Q(300.0)40848.1958
 Q(225.0)26516.5718
 Q(150.0)14427.6544
 Q(75.00)5101.7735
 Q(37.50)1806.2957
 Q(18.75)640.7797
 Q(9.375)228.1519
 Q(5.000)89.9839
 Q(2.725)37.0369
detected in ISM/CSMno


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