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Experimental data for N2 (Nitrogen diatomic)

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Other names
Diatomic nitrogen; Dinitrogen; Molecular nitrogen; Nitrogen; Nitrogen gas; Nitrogen-14;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/N2/c1-2 IJGRMHOSHXDMSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N N#N Dinitrogen
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 0.00 0.00 kJ mol-1 CODATA
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 0.00 0.00 kJ mol-1 CODATA
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 191.61   J K-1 mol-1 CODATA
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 8.67   kJ mol-1 CODATA
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 29.12   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 2330 2359 2007Iri:389      

Detailed diatomic data
ωe ωexe ωeye Be αe ZPE reference
2358.57 14.324 -0.00226 1.998241 0.017318 1175.778 2007Iri:389

vibrational zero-point energy: 1165.0 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for N2 (Nitrogen diatomic).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
  1.99824   1979HUB/HER

Calculated rotational constants for N2 (Nitrogen diatomic).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
8.436234amu Å2   1.400892E-39gm cm2
Geometric Data
picture of Nitrogen diatomic

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
rNN 1.098   1 2 1979HUB/HER re

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.0000 0.0000 0.5488
N2 0.0000 0.0000 -0.5488

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  N1 N2
N1   1.0977
N2 1.0977  

Calculated geometries for N2 (Nitrogen diatomic).

Bond descriptions


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

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
N1 N2
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1 1979HUB/HER 1Σg
59619.3 6 1979HUB/HER 3Π

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
15.581 0.008 15.581   webbook

Proton Affinity (kJ mol-1)
Proton Affinity unc. Product reference comment
493.8   NNH+ 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
2 1 3Π D∞h False       0.000     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 N2 (Nitrogen diatomic).
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 0.697 0.697 -1.394 1998Gra/Imr:49 -4.65+-0.08 E-40 C m2 D∞h 0 1
2 1 3Π D∞h False       D∞h 0 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for N2 (Nitrogen diatomic).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
1.710   1997Oln/Can:59

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for N2 (Nitrogen diatomic).

References
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squib reference DOI
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  
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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