C4N
Cyanopropynylidyne, X 2Πr
Species tag 062514
Version1*
Date of EntryMar. 2014
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

The observed lines are from
(1) M. C. McCarthy, G. W. Fuchs, J. Kucera, G. Winnewisser, and P. Thaddeus, 2003, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 3549.
Additional spectroscopic parameters were estimated from values of C2N from
(2) M. D. Allen, K. M. Evenson, D. A. Gillett, and J. M. Brown, 2000, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 201, 18.
The spin-orbit coupling parameter A was estimated from photoelectron spectroscopy of C2nN by
(3) E. Garand, T. I. Yacovitch, and D. M. Neumark, 2009, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 064304.
The fit has been carried out employing Hund's case (b). Predictions for the lower spin-substate 2Π1/2, should be viewed with increasing caution above 100 GHz, while those of the upper spin-substate 2Π3/2 should be viewed with great caution throughout.
14N hyperfine structure was omitted in the mai entry. It was resolved in (1) and is probably resolvable in astronomical observations at 7 mm or longer wavelengths. Predictions with hyperfine splitting up to N" = 20.
The 14N spin-multiplicity was considered in all calculations of the partition function.
The dipole moment is from an ab initio calculation by
(4) J. Fiser and R. Polák, 2013, Chem. Phys. 425 126.
The calculated dipole moments differ considerably depending on the method and the basis set, therefore, this value should be viewed with caution.

Lines Listed392
Frequency / GHz< 481
Max. J99
log STR0-10.0
log STR1-6.3
Isotope Corr.-0.0
Egy / cm–10.0
 µa / D0.133
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz2424.36
 C / MHz 
 Q(300.0)28888.3702
 Q(225.0)21197.4314
 Q(150.0)13550.5942
 Q(75.00)6054.6225
 Q(37.50)2555.1718
 Q(18.75)1071.3141
 Q(9.375)494.5942
 Q(5.000)263.5753
 Q(2.725)145.9285
detected in ISM/CSMno


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