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Experimental data for C4H4N2 (Pyrazine)

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Other names
1,4-Diazabenzene; 1,4-Diazine; Paradiazine; p-Diazine; Piazine; Pyrazine;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/C4H4N2/c1-2-6-4-3-5-1/h1-4H KYQCOXFCLRTKLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N C1=NC=CN=C1 Pyrazine
State Conformation
1Ag D2H
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 196.06 1.51 kJ mol-1 webbook
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation   1.51 kJ mol-1 webbook
Entropy (298.15K) entropy     J K-1 mol-1  
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity     kJ mol-1  
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 3055   1994Hew/She:4077      
2 Ag 1580   1994Hew/She:4077      
3 Ag 1233   1994Hew/She:4077      
4 Ag 1016   1994Hew/She:4077      
5 Ag 602   1994Hew/She:4077      
6 Au 960   1994Hew/She:4077      
7 Au 350   1994Hew/She:4077      
8 B1g 927   1994Hew/She:4077      
9 B1u 3012   1994Hew/She:4077      
10 B1u 1483   1994Hew/She:4077      
11 B1u 1130   1994Hew/She:4077      
12 B1u 1018   1994Hew/She:4077      
13 B2g 983   1994Hew/She:4077      
14 B2g 756   1994Hew/She:4077      
15 B2u 3069   1994Hew/She:4077      
16 B2u 1411   1994Hew/She:4077      
17 B2u 1149   1994Hew/She:4077      
18 B2u 1063   1994Hew/She:4077      
19 B3g 3040   1994Hew/She:4077      
20 B3g 1525   1994Hew/She:4077      
21 B3g 1346   1994Hew/She:4077      
22 B3g 704   1994Hew/She:4077      
23 B3u 785   1994Hew/She:4077      
24 B3u 418   1994Hew/She:4077      

vibrational zero-point energy: 16307.5 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for C4H4N2 (Pyrazine).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
0.21382 0.19730 0.10261 1994Hew/She:4077

Calculated rotational constants for C4H4N2 (Pyrazine).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
1106675amu3Å6   5.0674355552145E-114gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of Pyrazine

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
rCH 1.083   3 7 1992Kuchitsu(II/21)
rCN 1.338   2 5 1992Kuchitsu(II/21)
rCC 1.397   3 6 1992Kuchitsu(II/21)
aCNC 115.65 3 1 4 1992Kuchitsu(II/21)
aHCC 119.96 3 6 10 1992Kuchitsu(II/21)
aCCN 122.175 1 4 5 1992Kuchitsu(II/21) by symmetry
aHCN 117.865 1 4 8 1992Kuchitsu(II/21) by symmetry

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
 

Calculated geometries for C4H4N2 (Pyrazine).

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
H-C 4
C:C 2
C:N 4

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
N1 C3
N1 C4
N2 C5
N2 C6
C3 C6
C3 H7
C4 C5
C4 H8
C5 H9
C6 H10
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
9.000   9.630   webbook

Electron Affinity (eV)
Electron Affinity unc. reference
0.400   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 D2h 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 C4H4N2 (Pyrazine).
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 D2h True       D2h 0 2

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for C4H4N2 (Pyrazine).

References
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squib reference DOI
1992Kuchitsu(II/21) Kuchitsu (ed.), Landolt-Bornstein: Group II: Atomic and Molecular Physics Volume 21: Structure Data of Free Polyatomic Molecules. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1992.  
1994Hew/She:4077 Hewett, K.; Shen, M.; Brummel, C.; Philips, L. "High resolution infrared spectroscopy of pyrazine and naphthalene in a molecular beam." Journal of Chemical Physics. 100, 4077-4086 (1994) 10.1063/1.466345
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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