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Experimental data for CH2+ (methylene cation)

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Other names
Methylene;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/CH2/h1H2 HZVOZRGWRWCICA-UHFFFAOYSA-N [CH2] Methylene
State Conformation
3B1 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
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation 391.20 1.60 kJ mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 390.70 1.60 kJ mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 194.44   J K-1 mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 10.03   kJ mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 35.13   J K-1 mol-1 2005Rus/Bog:573
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 2806   1999Das/Whi:175       CH2 s-stretch
2 A1 963   VEEL5       CH2 bend
3 B2 3190   VEEL5       CH2 a-stretch

Calculated vibrational frequencies for CH2+ (methylene cation).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
73.05775 8.41517 7.21927 1982Sea/Bun:5348

Calculated rotational constants for CH2+ (methylene cation).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
1.079361amu3Å6   4.94236580592155E-120gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of methylene cation

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
rCH 1.085   1 2 1998Kuc r0 value
aHCH 135.5 2 1 3 1998Kuc a0 value

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.0000 0.0000 0.1027
H2 0.0000 1.0042 -0.3081
H3 0.0000 -1.0042 -0.3081

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  C1 H2 H3
C1   1.08501.0850
H2 1.0850   2.0084
H3 1.08502.0084  

Calculated geometries for CH2+ (methylene cation).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 135.500

Bond descriptions


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

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 H2
C1 H3
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 3   3B1
3147 1 webbook 1A1

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
10.396 0.003     webbook

Electron Affinity (eV)
Electron Affinity unc. reference
0.652 0.006 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 3B1 C2v True           C2v 1 2
1 2 3Σg D∞h False           D∞h 0 1
2 1 1A1 C2v True           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 CH2+ (methylene 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 3B1 C2v True       C2v 1 2
1 2 3Σg D∞h False       D∞h 0 1
2 1 1A1 C2v True       C2v 1 2

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for CH2+ (methylene cation).

References
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squib reference DOI
1982Sea/Bun:5348 Sears, T.J.; Jennings, D.A.; Brown, J.M. "The rotational spectrum and hyperfine structure of the methylene radical CH2 studied by far-infrared laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy." Journal of Chemical Physics. 77, 5348-5362 (1982) 10.1063/1.443783
1998Kuc K Kuchitsu(ed) "Structure of Free Polyatomic Molecules - Basic Data" Springer, Berlin, 1998 10.1007/978-3-642-45748-7 
1999Das/Whi:175 Das and Whittenburg. Performance of the hybrid density functionals in the determination of the geometric structure, vibrational frequency and singlet-triplet energy separation of CH2, CHF, CF2, CCl2 and CBr2. J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem). Vol. 492. pgs. 175-186. 10.1016/S0166-1280(99)00279-1
2005Rus/Bog:573 B Ruscic, JE Boggs, A Burcat, AG Csaszar, J Demaison, R Janoschek, JML Martin, ML Morton, MJ Rossi, JF Stanton, PG Szalay, PR Westmoreland, F Zabel, T Berces "IUPAC Critical Evaluation of Thermochemical Properties of Selected Radicals. Part I" J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2005, 573 10.1063/1.1724828
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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