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Compare vibrational frequencies in CCCBDB for C3 (carbon trimer)

PBEPBE/6-31G*

18 11 26 13 55
Frequency in cm-1
  Calculated   Experimental
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Scaled
Frequency
Harm.
diff
Fund.
diff
Symmetry Harmonic
Frequency
Fundamental
Frequency
Comment
1 Σg 1190 1173   -51 Σg   1225  
2 Σu 2082 2053   12 Σu   2040  
3 Πu 111 110   46 Πu   63  
The calculated vibrational frequencies were scaled by 0.9857

See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Set scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Calculate a scale factor to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Scale factor uncertainty for information on where the above scaling factor is from.