Rotational spectrum of ^13^C methylamine

The available multiple observations of the parent methylamine species toward Sgr B2(N) at 1, 2, and 3mm using the Submillimeter Telescope and the 12 m antenna of the Arizona Radio Observatory were used to make a search for interstellar ^13^CH_3_NH_2_. In the recorded spectra, we have assigned 2721 rotational transitions that belong to the ground vibrational state of the ^13^CH_3_NH_2_. These measurements were fitted to the Hamiltonian model that uses 75 parameters to achieve an overall weighted rms deviation of 0.73.

On the basis of these spectroscopic results, predictions of transition frequencies in the frequency range up to 950GHz with J<50 and Ka<20 are presented. The search for interstellar ^13^C methylamine in available observational data was not successful and therefore only an upper limit of 6.5x10^14^cm^-2^ can be derived for the column density of ^13^CH_3_NH_2_ toward Sgr B2(N), assuming the same source size, temperature, linewidth, and systemic velocity as for parent methylamine isotopic species.