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Experimental data for N2O4 (Dinitrogen tetroxide)

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Other names
Dinitrogen tetraoxide; Dinitrogen tetroxide; NA 1067; Nitrogen dioxide, di-; Nitrogen oxide; Nitrogen oxide (N2O4); Nitrogen peroxide; Nitrogen tetroxide;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/N2O4/c3-1(4)2(5)6 WFPZPJSADLPSON-UHFFFAOYSA-N O=N(N(=O)=O)=O Dinitrogen tetraoxide
State Conformation
1Ag D2D
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 11.11 1.00 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 20.40 1.00 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 304.45   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 16.74   kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 79.16   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 Ag 1383   VEEL5      
2 Ag 807   VEEL5      
3 Ag 265   VEEL5      
4 Au 82   VEEL5      
5 B1u 1261   VEEL5      
6 B1u 755   VEEL5      
7 B2g 657   VEEL5      
8 B2u 1757   VEEL5      
9 B2u 265   VEEL5      
10 B3g 1718   VEEL5      
11 B3g 480   VEEL5      
12 B3u 425   1994sti/pap:2910       nu5 and nu8 switched from earlier work, such as 1983nou/che:1113

vibrational zero-point energy: 4927.6 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for N2O4 (Dinitrogen tetroxide).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
0.21792 0.12233 0.07834 1994Dom/And:6993

Calculated rotational constants for N2O4 (Dinitrogen tetroxide).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
2293839amu3Å6   1.0503424553508E-113gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of Dinitrogen tetroxide

Point Group D2h


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 1.782   1 2 1972McC/Gun:4541
rNO 1.190   1 3 1972McC/Gun:4541
aONO 135.4 3 1 4 1972McC/Gun:4541
aNNO 112.3 1 2 5 1972McC/Gun:4541 derived from aONO

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
N2 -1.7820 0.0000 0.0000
O3 0.4516 1.1010 0.0000
O4 0.4516 -1.1010 0.0000
O5 -2.2336 1.1010 0.0000
O6 -2.2336 -1.1010 0.0000

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  N1 N2 O3 O4 O5 O6
N1   1.78201.19001.19002.49022.4902
N2 1.7820   2.49022.49021.19001.1900
O3 1.19002.4902   2.20202.68513.4725
O4 1.19002.49022.2020   3.47252.6851
O5 2.49021.19002.68513.4725   2.2020
O6 2.49021.19003.47252.68512.2020  

Calculated geometries for N2O4 (Dinitrogen tetroxide).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 N2 O5 112.300 N1 N2 O6 112.300
N2 N1 O3 112.300 N2 N1 O4 112.300
O3 N1 O4 135.400 O5 N2 O6 135.400

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 4

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
N1 N2
N1 O3
N1 O4
N2 O5
N2 O6
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1Ag

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
10.800 0.200 11.400 0.100 webbook
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 1Ag D2d True       0.000 NSRDS-NBS10   D2h 0 2
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 N2O4 (Dinitrogen tetroxide).
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 1Ag D2d True       D2h 0 2

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for N2O4 (Dinitrogen tetroxide).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
6.495 0.074 2015Tha/Wu:144302

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for N2O4 (Dinitrogen tetroxide).

References
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squib reference DOI
1972McC/Gun:4541 McClelland, B. W., Gunderson, G., Hedberg, K., Reinvestigation of the Structure of Dinitrogen Tetroxide, N2O4, by Gaseous Electron Diffraction, J. of Chem. Phys., 56 4541-4545. 10.1063/1.1677901
1994Dom/And:6993 Domenech, J.L.; Andrews, A.M.; Belov, S.P.; Fraser, G.T.; Lafferty, W.J. "Infrared diode-laser spectra of the (nu)9 and (nu)11 N-O stretching bands of N2O4." Journal of Chemical Physics. 100, 6993-6999 (1994) 10.1063/1.466900
1994sti/pap:2910 Andras Stirling, Imre Papai, Janos Mink "Density functional study of nitorgen oxides" J. Chem. Phys. 100(4), 2910, 1994 10.1063/1.466433
2015Tha/Wu:144302 AJ Thakkar, T Wu "How well do static electronic dipole polarizabilities from gas-phase experiments compare with density functional and MP2 computations?" J. Chem. Phys. 143, 144302 (2015) 10.1063/1.4932594
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
VEEL5 M.E. Jacox, Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels of Polyatomic Transient Molecules, J. Phys. Chem.Ref. Data, Monograph 3 (1994) (updated data in NIST Chemistry Webbook - http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/  
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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