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Experimental data for C5H4O2 (furfural)

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Other names
2-Furancarboxaldehyde; 2-Furaldehyde; α-Furole; Fural; Furaldehyde; Furale; Furancarbonal; Furfuraldehyde; Furfurylaldehyde; Furfurole; Furole; 2-Formylfuran; 2-Furanaldehyde; 2-Furancarbonal; 2-Furfural; 2-Furfuraldehyde; 2-Furylaldehyde; Furol; 2-Furylmethanal; furan-2-carbaldehyde;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/C5H4O2/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-4H HYBBIBNJHNGZAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N O=CC1=CC=CO1 furan-2-carbaldehyde
State Conformation
1A' OCCO cis
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 -149.60   kJ mol-1 webbook
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation     kJ mol-1 webbook
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 98.09   J K-1 mol-1 webbook
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

Calculated vibrational frequencies for C5H4O2 (furfural).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
0.27165 0.07001 0.05567 2006Mot/Ale:93

Calculated rotational constants for C5H4O2 (furfural).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
4525319amu3Å6   2.0721308992068E-113gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of furfural

Point Group Cs


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

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.2528 0.9799 0.0000

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  O1
O1  

Calculated geometries for C5H4O2 (furfural).

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
C-O 2
C=O 1
C-C 2
C=C 2
H-C 4

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
O1 C2
O1 C4
C2 C3
C2 H8
C3 C5
C3 H9
C4 C5
C4 C6
C5 H10
C6 O7
C6 H11
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A'

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
9.220 0.010     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 1A' OCCO cis False 3.410 1.930   3.920 1965Mon/Dre:1323-1326 x=a, y=b MW μ0 Cs 2 3
1 2 1A' OCCO trans True 3.200 0.400   3.540 1965Mon/Dre:1323-1326 x=a, y=b MW μ0 Cs 2 3
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 C5H4O2 (furfural).
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 1A' OCCO cis False       Cs 2 3
1 2 1A' OCCO trans True       Cs 2 3

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for C5H4O2 (furfural).

References
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squib reference DOI
1965Mon/Dre:1323-1326 F Mönnig, H Dreizler, HD Rudolph "Mikrowellenspektrum von Furfurol und Thiophen-2-aldehyd" Z. Naturforsch., 20a (1965), pp. 1323-1326 10.1515/zna-1965-1015
2006Mot/Ale:93 RA Motiyenko, EA Alekseev, SF Dyubko, FJ Lovas "Microwave spectrum and structure of furfural" J. Mol. Spect. 240 (2006) 93-101 10.1016/j.jms.2006.09.003
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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