C10H
Decapentaynylide ion, X 1Σ+
Species tag 121503
Version2*
Date of EntrySep. 2023
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

With respect to the first entry from Feb. 2023, lines from astronomical observations were employed. These were reported by
(1) J. R. Pardo, C. Cabezas, M. Agúndez, B. Tercero, N. Marcelino, P. de Vicente, M. Guélin, and J. Cernicharo, 2023, Astron. Astrophys., 677, A55
.
While the rotational parameter B was floated, the distortion parameter was kept fixed to the value from
(2) A. Remijan, H. N. Scolati, A. M. Burkhardt, P. B. Changala, S. B. Charnley, I. R. Cooke, M. A. Cordiner, H. Gupta, E. Herbst, K. L. K. Lee, R. A. Loomis, C. N. Shingledecker, M. A. Siebert, C. Xue, M. C. McCarthy, and B. A. McGuire, 2023, Astrophys. J. Lett., 944, L57
.
Please note that the distortion parameter is a guess value, but it is well compatible with the observational data. The calculations may be reasonable throughout.
The dipole moment was taken from a quantum chemical calculation in
(3) S. J. Blanksby, A. M. McAnoy, S. Dua, and J. H. Bowie, 2001, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 328, 89.

Lines Listed200
Frequency / GHz< 200
Max. J200
log STR0-9.3
log STR1-2.5
Isotope Corr. 
Egy / (cm–1)0.0
 µa / D12.7
 µb / D 
 µc / D 
 A / MHz 
 B / MHz299.872
 C / MHz 
 Q(300.0)20848.7200
 Q(225.0)15636.0796
 Q(150.0)10423.8017
 Q(75.00)5211.8863
 Q(37.50)2606.0646
 Q(18.75)1303.1877
 Q(9.375)651.7577
 Q(5.000)347.7591
 Q(2.725)189.6804
detected in ISM/CSMyes


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