The far-infrared spectrum of hydrogen sulfide. The (000) rotational constants of , , and

The pure rotation spectrum of hydrogen sulfide has been recorded between 50 and 320 cm−1 with a Fourier transform spectrometer at an apodized resolution of 0.005 cm−1. This high resolution and a good signal-to-noise ratio lead to a significant improvement in the accuracy of the wavenumbers of the rotational transitions of the three isotopic species [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] that were observed in natural abundance. These rotational transitions, together with the available microwave data, have been included in a least squares fit leading to the determination of precise rotational constants for each isotopic species. Finally, these constants have been used to calculate precisely the absorption of natural hydrogen sulfide in the far-infrared region of the spectrum.