c-C12H8
Acenaphthylene
Species tag 152501
Version1*
Date of EntryOct. 2021
ContributorH. S. P. Müller

Very accurate microwave data were reported by
(1) S. Thorwirth, P. Theulé, C. A. Gottlieb, M. C. McCarthy, and P. Thaddeus, 2021, Astrophys. J. 662, 1309.
Two distortion parameters were evaluated from the related acenaphthene molecule, in contrast to just 1 in (1). The calculations were truncated at J = 90. They should be sufficiently accurate for observations in cold sources, maybe even in lukewarm sources. Transition frequencies with uncertainties exceeding 0.1 MHz should be viewed with some caution.
The dipole moment is from a quantum chemical calculation in (1).

Lines Listed11561
Frequency / GHz< 116
Max. J90
log STR0-13.5
log STR1-7.0
Isotope Corr. 
Egy / (cm–1)0.0
 µa / D 
 µb / D0.31
 µc / D 
 A / MHz1511.826
 B / MHz1220.631
 C / MHz675.530
 Q(300.0)784830.6978
 Q(225.0)509730.6841
 Q(150.0)277448.2006
 Q(75.00)98092.5021
 Q(37.50)34684.6416
 Q(18.75)12266.1796
 Q(9.375)4339.2109
 Q(5.000)1691.7866
 Q(2.725)681.9066
detected in ISM/CSMno


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