MgC3N
Magnesium monocyanoacetylide, X 2Σ+
Species tag 074518
Version1*
Date of EntryOct. 2019
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

The astronomical lines have been reported by
(1) J. Cernicharo, C. Cabezas, J. R. Pardo, M. Agúndez, C. Bermúdez, L. Velilla-Prieto, F. Tercero, J. A. López-Pérez, J. D. Gallego, J. P. Fonfría, G. Quintana-Lacaci, M. Guélin, and Y. Endo 2019, Astron. Astrophys. 630, Art. No. L2.
For low N transitions hyperfine splitting due to the 14N nucleus may be resolvable. Therefore, predictions at lower frequencies should be viewed with some caution. The predictions should be quite reliable up to 180 or 200 GHz.
The dipole moment was taken from an ab initio calculation in (1).

Lines Listed216
Frequency / GHz< 300
Max. J118
log STR0-7.5
log STR1-3.0
Isotope Corr.-0.1127
Egy / cm–10.0
 µa / D6.38
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz1380.89
 C / MHz 
 Q(300.0)9058.7412
 Q(225.0)6793.3748
 Q(150.0)4528.5739
 Q(75.00)2264.3382
 Q(37.50)1132.4321
 Q(18.75)566.5321
 Q(9.375)283.5957
 Q(5.000)151.5623
 Q(2.725)82.9068
detected in ISM/CSMyes


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