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Experimental data for CO (Carbon monoxide)

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Other names
Carbon monooxide; Carbon monoxide; Carbon oxide; Carbon oxide (CO); Carbone; Carbonic oxide; Carbonio; Kohlenmonoxid; Kohlenoxyd; Koolmonoxyde; Monoxide; NA 9202; Oxyde de carbone;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/CO/c1-2 UGFAIRIUMAVXCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N [C]#O Carbon 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 -110.53 0.17 kJ mol-1 CODATA
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation -113.81 0.17 kJ mol-1 CODATA
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 197.66 0.00 J K-1 mol-1 CODATA
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 8.67 0.00 kJ mol-1 CODATA
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 29.14   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 2143 2170 1979HUB/HER      

Detailed diatomic data
ωe ωexe ωeye Be αe ZPE reference
2169.756 13.28803 0.0104109 1.931602 1.750513E-02 1081.747 2007Iri:389

vibrational zero-point energy: 1071.6 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for CO (Carbon monoxide).
More spectroscopic constants are available at the NIST Physics Laboratory website:
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/MolSpec/Diatomic/Html/Tables/CO.html
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
  1.92253   NISTdiatomic B0

Calculated rotational constants for CO (Carbon monoxide).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
8.768466amu Å2   1.456061E-39gm cm2
Geometric Data
picture of Carbon monoxide

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
rCO 1.128 0.000 1 2 NISTdiatomic re

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
O2 0.0000 0.0000 1.1282

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  C1 O2
C1   1.1282
O2 1.1282  

Calculated geometries for CO (Carbon monoxide).

Bond descriptions


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

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 O2
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1 1979HUB/HER 1Σ

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference Comment
14.014 0.000 14.014   webbook questionable EA of 1.3703 eV

Proton Affinity (kJ mol-1)
Proton Affinity unc. Product reference comment
594.0   HCO+ webbook HCO+
426.3   COH+ webbook COH+
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       0.112 NSRDS-NBS10 MW C∞v 1 1
2 1 3Π C∞v True       1.375 1970Ste/Gam:3467-3482 Omega=2. For Omega=1 1.37454 D 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 CO (Carbon monoxide).
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 1.420 1.420 -2.839 1998Gra/Imr:49 -9.47+-0.15 E-40 Cm^2 C∞v 1 1
2 1 3Π C∞v True       C∞v 1 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for CO (Carbon monoxide).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
1.953   1997Oln/Can:59

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for CO (Carbon monoxide).

References
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squib reference DOI
1970Ste/Gam:3467-3482 RC Stern,RH Gammon, ME Lesk, RS Freund, WA Klemperer "Fine Structure and Dipole Moment of Metastable a 3Pi Carbon Monoxide" J. Chem. Phys. 52(7), 3467-3482, 1970 10.1063/1.1673512
1979HUB/HER Huber, K.P.; Herzberg, G., Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. IV. Constants of Diatomic Molecules, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1979 10.1007/978-1-4757-0961-2
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
1998Gra/Imr:49 C Graham, DA Imrie, RE Raab "Measurement of the electric quadrupole moments of CO2, CO, N2, Cl2 and BF3" Mol. Phys. 93(1), 1998, 49-56 10.1080/002689798169429
2007Iri:389 KK Irikura "Experimental Vibrational Zero-Point Energies: Diatomic Molecules" J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 36(2), 389, 2007 10.1063/1.2436891
CODATA Cox, J.D.; Wagman, D.D.; Medvedev, V.A.CODATA Key Values for Thermodynamics. Hemisphere, New York, 1989 10.1002/bbpc.19900940121
Gurvich Gurvich, L.V.; Veyts, I. V.; Alcock, C. B., Thermodynamic Properties of Individual Substances, Fouth Edition, Hemisphere Pub. Co., New York, 1989  
NISTdiatomic NIST Diatomic Spectral Database (www.physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/MolSpec/Diatomic/index.html) 10.18434/T4T59X
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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