This new study of the vapor-phase infrared and Raman spectra of pdifluorobenzene (h,) and ( 4) includes assignments from the high-resolution electronic spectrum, from fluorescence spectra, and one assignment from the two photon electronic spectrum. A new set of frequencies and assignments has been made for the fundamentals of this important intermediate-sized molecule. The most important changes concern the assignments previously made for the lowfrequency a, mode (us), two members of the &, class (ui9 and YH)), and one very important change for the lowest frequency fundamental of the baU (out-of-plane) class (va), which has been observed directly in the far infrared. The results are all corroborated by the assignments of the perdeuterated analog where changes in previous assignments of Fermi resonance pairs have also been made. Some interesting differences between the Raman spectra of the vapor and the liquid perproto compounds have not been adequately explained in this study. 8 1985 Academic PRS. Inc.