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Experimental data for HCCH- (acetylene anion)

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Other names
Acetylen; Acetylene; Ethine; Ethyne; Narcylen; Vinylene;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H HSFWRNGVRCDJHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N C#C Ethyne
State Conformation
1Σg D*H
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 227.40 0.80 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 227.96 0.80 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 200.93   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 10.01   kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 44.04   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 Σg 3374   Shim       CH stretch
2 Σg 1974   Shim       CC stretch
3 Σu 3289   Shim 71.1 2.3 1984Koo/Smi:285 CH stretch
4 Πg 612   Shim       CH bend
5 Πu 730   Shim 175.0 5.0 1984Koo/Smi:285 CH bend

vibrational zero-point energy: 5660.5 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for HCCH- (acetylene anion).
Gas-phase IR spectra can be found in the NIST Chemistry Webbook here.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
  1.17660   1966Herzberg

Calculated rotational constants for HCCH- (acetylene anion).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
14.32741amu Å2   2.37916E-39gm cm2
Geometric Data
picture of acetylene anion

Point Group D∞h


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 1.063   1 3 1998Kuc rm structure
rCC 1.203   1 2 1998Kuc rm structure
aHCC 180 2 1 3 1966Herzberg

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.0000 0.0000 0.6013
C2 0.0000 0.0000 -0.6013
H3 0.0000 0.0000 1.6644
H4 0.0000 0.0000 -1.6644

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C1   1.20261.06312.2657
C2 1.2026   2.26571.0631
H3 1.06312.2657   3.3288
H4 2.26571.06313.3288  

Calculated geometries for HCCH- (acetylene anion).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 180.000 C2 C1 H3 180.000

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
C#C 1

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 C2
C1 H3
C2 H4
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1Σg
42197.7 1 1966Herzberg

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
11.400 0.002 11.490   webbook

Proton Affinity (kJ mol-1)
Proton Affinity unc. Product reference comment
641.4   C2H3+ 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 1Σg D∞h True       0.000 NSRDS-NBS10   D∞h 0 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 HCCH- (acetylene anion).
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 1Σg D∞h True -3.168 -3.168 6.335 2003Gea/Har:697 D∞h 0 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for HCCH- (acetylene anion).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
3.487   1997Oln/Can:59

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for HCCH- (acetylene anion).

References
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1966Herzberg Herzberg, G., Electronic spectra and electronic structure of polyatomic molecules,Van Nostrand,New York, 1966  
1984Koo/Smi:285 T Koops, WMA Smit, T Visser "Measurement and Interpretation of the absolute Infrared Intensities of acetylene: Fundamentals and Combination bands" J. Mol. Struct. 112 (1984) 285-299 10.1016/0022-2860(84)85070-X
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
1998Kuc K Kuchitsu(ed) "Structure of Free Polyatomic Molecules - Basic Data" Springer, Berlin, 1998 10.1007/978-3-642-45748-7 
2003Gea/Har:697 DJ Gearhart, JF Harrison, KLC Hunt "Molecular Quadrupole Moments of HCCH, FCCF, and ClCCCl" Int. J. Quantum Chemistry 95, 697-705, 2003 10.1002/qua.10586
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
Shim Shimanouchi, T. , Tables of Molecular Vibrational Frequencies, Consolidated Volu 10.6028/NBS.NSRDS.39
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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