MgCCH
Magnesium monoacetylide, X 2Σ+
Species tag 049507
Version2*
Date of EntryMay 2024
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

The initial lines were reported by
(1) M. A. Brewster, A. J. Apponi, J. Xin, and L. M. Ziurys, 1999, Chem. Phys. Lett. 310, 411.
With respect to the first entry of Oct. 2011, hyperfine resolved data were included in the fit. These were taken from
(2) P. B. Changala, N. Genossar-Dan, E. Brudner, T. Gur, J. H. Baraban, and M. C. McCarthy, 2023, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 120, Art. No. e2303586120;
and from
(3) J. E. Burns, Q. Cheng, R. C. Fortenberry, M. Sun, L. N. Zack, T. Zaveri, N. J. DeYonker, and L. M. Ziurys, 2024, Mol. Phys. 122, Art. No. e2267135.
The calculations should be sufficiently accurate throughout; some caution may be advisable above 800 GHz.
1H hyperfine splitting may be resolved at lower frequencies. Therefore, a separate calculation with 1H hyperfine splitting and J" ≤ 4 is available.
Note: The partition function takes now into account the spin-multiplicity of 2 of the H nucleus in the HFS free calculation.
The dipole moment was taken from a quantum-chemical calculation by
(4) D. E. Woon, 1996, Astrophys. J. 456, 602.

Lines Listed219
Frequency / GHz< 975
Max. J99
log STR0-6.7
log STR1-5.0
Isotope Corr. 
Egy / cm–10.0
 µa / D1.68
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz4965.335
 C / MHz 
 Q(300.0)5042.7296
 Q(225.0)3781.3101
 Q(150.0)2520.6046
 Q(75.00)1260.6130
 Q(37.50)630.8853
 Q(18.75)316.0896
 Q(9.375)158.7110
 Q(5.000)85.2759
 Q(2.725)47.0984
detected in ISM/CSMyes


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