Both stable conformers, trans (T) and gauche (G), of the ethyl peroxy radical and its perdeutero analoguehave been observed via cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS) of the Ã
2A'-
2A' ' electronic transition in thenear-IR. Assignments of specific spectral lines to the electronic transition origin (
T00), to observed vibrationalhot bands, and to the COO bend and the O-O stretch vibrations are given with the help of equation ofmotion (EOMIP) quantum chemical calculations. In particular, spectral information for the previously unknown/unassigned T conformer of ethyl peroxy is given in this study for the first time and compared to the data forthe previously observed G conformer. The conformer assignment is confirmed by an analysis of the partiallyresolved rotational structures. The electronic origins for the T and G conformers of C
2H
5O
2 are located at7362(1) and 7592(1) cm
-1, respectively.