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Experimental data for C4H2O3 (Maleic Anhydride)

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Other names
2,5-Furandione; cis-Butenedioic Anhydride; Dihydro-2,5-dioxofuran; Maleic acid anhydride; Toxilic anhydride; furan-2,5-dione;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/C4H2O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7-3/h1-2H FPYJFEHAWHCUMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N O=C(C=C1)OC1=O furan-2,5-dione
State Conformation
1A1 C2V
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 90.04   J K-1 mol-1 webbook
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 A1 3132   2011Vog/Dem:337-343       solid CH stretch
2 A1 1865           gas C=O str
3 A1 1595           solid C=C str
4 A1 1232           gas CO stretch
5 A1 1066           solid CH bend
6 A1 872           solid CC s-stretch
7 A1 641           solid ring deform
8 A1 415           solid C=O bend
9 A2 959           solid CH out-of-plane bend
10 A2 768           solid ring deform
11 A2 275           solid C=O bend
12 B1 840           gas B1 B2 switched CH out-of-plane bend
13 B1 631           solid B1 B2 switched ring deform
14 B1 161           gas B1 B2 switched CO op-bend
15 B2 3120           gas B1 B2 switched CH stretch
16 B2 1805           gas B1 B2 switched C=O str
17 B2 1309           solid B1 B2 switched CH bend
18 B2 1055           gas B1 B2 switched CO a-sym str
19 B2 896           solid B1 B2 switched CC a-stretch
20 B2 697           gas B1 B2 switched ring deform
21 B2 556           gas B1 B2 switched C=O bend

vibrational zero-point energy: 11945.0 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for C4H2O3 (Maleic Anhydride).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
0.22963 0.08272 0.06081 2010Vog/Alt:153 Be values

Calculated rotational constants for C4H2O3 (Maleic Anhydride).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
4147367amu3Å6   1.8990678511467E-113gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of Maleic Anhydride

Point Group C2v


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
rCC 1.485 0.001 2 5 2010Vog/Alt:153
rCC 1.332 0.001 6 7 2010Vog/Alt:153
rCO 1.386 0.001 1 2 2010Vog/Alt:153
rCO 1.192 0.001 2 4 2010Vog/Alt:153
rCH 1.078   5 8 2010Vog/Alt:153 assumed
aCCC 107.8 0.1 2 6 7 2010Vog/Alt:153
aCCO 129.2 0.2 4 2 6 2010Vog/Alt:153
aHCC 129.7 6 7 9 2010Vog/Alt:153 assumed
aCCO 108.2 0.1 1 2 6 2010Vog/Alt:153
aCOC 107.9 0.1 2 1 3 2010Vog/Alt:153
aOCO 122.6 0.1 1 2 4 2010Vog/Alt:153

These cartesians were determined using some assumed coordinate values. Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.0000 0.0000 0.9753
C2 0.0000 1.1206 0.1596
C3 0.0000 -1.1206 0.1596
O4 0.0000 2.2308 0.5936
O5 0.0000 -2.2308 0.5936
C6 0.0000 0.6654 -1.2539
C7 0.0000 -0.6654 -1.2539
H8 0.0000 1.3533 -2.0839
H9 0.0000 -1.3533 -2.0839

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  O1 C2 C3 O4 O5 C6 C7 H8 H9
O1   1.38601.38602.26322.26322.32642.32643.34513.3451
C2 1.3860   2.24121.19203.37941.48502.27772.25563.3397
C3 1.38602.2412   3.37941.19202.27771.48503.33972.2556
O4 2.26321.19203.3794   4.46162.42153.43532.81764.4737
O5 2.26323.37941.19204.4616   3.43532.42154.47372.8176
C6 2.32641.48502.27772.42153.4353   1.33081.07802.1826
C7 2.32642.27771.48503.43532.42151.3308   2.18261.0780
H8 3.34512.25563.33972.81764.47371.07802.1826   2.7065
H9 3.34513.33972.25564.47372.81762.18261.07802.7065  

Calculated geometries for C4H2O3 (Maleic Anhydride).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 O4 122.600 O1 C2 C6 108.200
O1 C3 O5 122.600 O1 C3 C7 108.200
C2 O1 C3 107.900 C2 C6 C7 107.850
C2 C6 H8 122.500 C3 C7 C6 107.850
C3 C7 H9 122.500 O4 C2 C6 129.200
O5 C3 C7 129.200 C6 C7 H9 129.650
C7 C6 H8 129.650

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
C-C 2
C=C 1
H-C 2
C-O 2
C=O 2

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
O1 C2
O1 C3
C2 O4
C2 C6
C3 O5
C3 C7
C6 C7
C6 H8
C7 H9
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A1

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
    11.070   webbook

Electron Affinity (eV)
Electron Affinity unc. reference
1.440 0.087 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 1A1 C2v True     4.141 4.141 1983Alo/Pas:215-222 ± 0.022 D MW μ0 C2v 1 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 C4H2O3 (Maleic Anhydride).
Vibration specific dipole moments
Vibrational Quantum numbers Dip x Dip y Dip z Dip total Squib Comment
0       4.141 1983Alo/Pas:215-222 ± 0.022 D
ν14 = 1       4.171 1983Alo/Pas:215-222 ± 0.038 D
ν14 = 2       4.177 1983Alo/Pas:215-222 ± 0.017 D

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 1A1 C2v True       C2v 1 2

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for C4H2O3 (Maleic Anhydride).

References
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squib reference DOI
1983Alo/Pas:215-222 JL Alonso, MR Pastrana, J Pelaez, A Arauzo "Ring-bending potential function and electric dipole moment of maleic anhydride" Spec. Acta A 39, 1983, 215-222 10.1016/0584-8539(83)80139-1
2010Vog/Alt:153 N Vogt, EP Altova, NM Karasev "Equilibrium structure of maleic anhydride from gas-phase electron difraction (GED) and quantum-chemical studies" Journal of Molecular Structure 978 (2010) 153-157 10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.02.037
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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