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Experimental data for N2O+ (Nitrous oxide cation)

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Other names
Dinitrogen monoxide; Dinitrogen oxide; Factitious air; Hyponitrous acid anhydride; Laughing gas; Nitrogen Monoxide; Nitrogen oxide; Nitrogen oxide (N2O); Nitrous Oxide;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/N2O/c1-2-3 GQPLMRYTRLFLPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N [N]N=O Dinitrogen monoxide
State Conformation
1Σ C*V
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation 81.60 0.50 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 85.03 0.50 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 220.01   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 9.58   kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 38.63   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 Σ 2224 2282 2003Zun/Bas:43 345.2 18.5 1982Kag:297 fundamentals from webbook (14N2O) NN stretch
2 Σ 1285 1298 2003Zun/Bas:43 54.7 2.9 1982Kag:297 NO stretch
3 Π 589 596 2003Zun/Bas:43 7.0 0.4 1982Kag:297 bend

vibrational zero-point energy: 2343.5 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for N2O+ (Nitrous oxide cation).
Gas-phase IR spectra can be found in the NIST Chemistry Webbook here.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
  0.41901   1966Herzberg

Calculated rotational constants for N2O+ (Nitrous oxide cation).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
40.23195amu Å2   6.680777E-39gm cm2
Geometric Data
picture of Nitrous oxide cation

Point Group C∞v


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rNN 1.128   1 2 1966Herzberg
rNO 1.184   2 3 1966Herzberg
aNNO 180 1 2 3 1966Herzberg

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.0000 0.0000 -1.1998
N2 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0716
O3 0.0000 0.0000 1.1126

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  N1 N2 O3
N1   1.12822.3124
N2 1.1282   1.1842
O3 2.31241.1842  

Calculated geometries for N2O+ (Nitrous oxide cation).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 N2 O3 180.000

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
N=N 1
N=O 1

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
N1 N2
N2 O3
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1Σ
32630 3 1966Herzberg

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
12.889 0.004 12.890   webbook

Electron Affinity (eV)
Electron Affinity unc. reference Comment
0.760 0.100 webbook upper limit for EA

Proton Affinity (kJ mol-1)
Proton Affinity unc. Product reference comment
575.2   NNOH+ webbook O-protonated
549.8   HNNO+ webbook N-protonated
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 1Σ C∞v True       0.161 NSRDS-NBS10 MW ±0.000016 D μ0 C∞v 1 1
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for N2O+ (Nitrous oxide cation).
Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 1Σ C∞v True 1.830 1.830 -3.650 1974Hel/Hel(II/6) C∞v 1 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for N2O+ (Nitrous oxide cation).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
2.998   1997Oln/Can:59

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for N2O+ (Nitrous oxide cation).

References
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1966Herzberg Herzberg, G., Electronic spectra and electronic structure of polyatomic molecules,Van Nostrand,New York, 1966  
1974Hel/Hel(II/6) Hellwege, KH and AM Hellwege (eds.). Landolt-Bornstein: Group II: Volume 6 Molecular Constants from Microwave, Molecular Beam, and Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Springer-Verlag. Berlin. 1974. 10.1007/b19951 
1982Kag:297 RH Kagan "Infrared Absorption Intensities for N2O" J. Molecular Spectroscopy 95, 297-305 (1982) 10.1016/0022-2852(82)90130-8
1997Oln/Can:59 TN Olney, NM Cann, G Cooper, CE Brion, Absolute scale determination for photoabsorption spectra and the calculation of molecular properties using dipole sum-rules, Chem. Phys. 223 (1997) 59-98 10.1016/S0301-0104(97)00145-6
2003Zun/Bas:43 J Zuniga, A Bastida, A Requena "Theoretical calculations of vibrational frequencies and rotational constants of the N2O isotopomers" J. Mol. Spec. 217 (2003) 43-58 10.1016/S0022-2852(02)00014-0
Gurvich Gurvich, L.V.; Veyts, I. V.; Alcock, C. B., Thermodynamic Properties of Individual Substances, Fouth Edition, Hemisphere Pub. Co., New York, 1989  
NSRDS-NBS10 R. D. Nelson Jr., D. R. Lide, A. A. Maryott "Selected Values of electric dipole moments for molecules in the gas phase" NSRDS-NBS10, 1967 10.6028/NBS.NSRDS.10
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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