C2H3NCH2
2-Azabutadiene, N-Methyleneethenamine, N-Ethenylmethanimine
Species tag 055521
Version1*
Date of EntryApr. 2026
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

The entry refers to the E- or trans-conformer, which is by far lowest in energy. The data set was taken from
(1) N. Jiang, M. Melosso, L. Bizzocchi, S. Alessandrini, J.-C. Guillemin, L. Dore, and C. Puzzarini, 2022, J. Phys. Chem. A 126, 1881.
New millimeter wave data were reported between 229 and 331 GHz. Data below 50 :GHz were taken from
(2) M. Sugie, H. Takeo, and C. Matsumura, 1989, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 906.
The accuracy of the entry should be sufficient for astronomical observations. Transition frequencies with calculated uncertainties exceeding 0.1 MHz should be viewed with caution.
14N hyperfine splitting may matter in astronomical observations. Therefore, a separate hyperfine calculation is provided for J ≤ 40 and Ka ≤ 4 below 400 GHz and with somewhat lowered intensity cut-offs. NOTE: The partition function takes into account the spin multiplicity of the 14N nucleus !
The dipole moment was measured in (2).

Lines Listed8421
Frequency / GHz< 1000
Max. J107
log STR0-11.0
log STR1-5.7
Isotope Corr. 
Egy / cm–10.0
 µa / D0.44
 µb / D1.90
 µc / D 
 A / MHz47186.000
 B / MHz4886.522
 C / MHz4430.077
 Q(300.0)82341.6676
 Q(225.0)53470.9139
 Q(150.0)29101.8860
 Q(75.00)10290.9056
 Q(37.50)3641.2925
 Q(18.75)1289.7371
 Q(9.375)457.7083
 Q(5.000)179.4628
 Q(2.725)73.0767
detected in ISM/CSMno


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