Molecular Structure and the Effect of Large-Amplitude Vibration of Carbon Suboxide as Studied by Gas Electron Diffraction

• Published in: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol. 43; no. 9; pp. 2776 - 2785
• Main Authors: Tanimoto, Mitsutoshi, Kuchitsu, Kozo, Morino, Yonezo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Chemical Society of Japan 01.09.1970; Chemical Society of Japan

The molecular structure of carbon suboxide, C3O2, has been studied by the sector-micro-photometer method of gas electron diffraction. The C=O and C=C distances (rg) have been determined to be 1.1632±0.0013 Å and 1.2894±0.0022 Å, respectively, where the uncertainties represent estimated limits of err...