C(CH2)3

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   b
 Energy 
 (cm-1) 		  Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 		  λmax 
 (nm) 		  References
To = 5640 ± 50 gas Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1996
Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1999
Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
a1 C3 bend 325 ± 20 gas PE Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1999

State:   X

Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
a1' CC stretch 1310 ± 20 gas PE Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1999
C3 s-stretch 915 T gas PE Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1999
C3 bend 425 ± 20 gas PE Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1999
a2 758 Ar IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
755.5 vs Xe IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994
500 Ar IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
499.0 m Xe IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994
e' 3115.1 w Xe IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994
3100.1 w Xe IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994
3031.2 Xe IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994
3019.1 w Xe IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994
1418.4 w m Xe IR Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994

Additional references: Jacox, 1998, page 343

Notes

wWeak
mMedium
vsVery strong
TTentative assignment or approximate value
oEnergy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states.

References

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Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1996
Wenthold, P.G.; Hu, J.; Squires, R.R.; Lineberger, W.C., Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Trimethylenemethane Negative Ion. The Singlet-Triplet Splitting of Trimethylenemethane., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 2, 475, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9532547 . [all data]

Wenthold, Hu, et al., 1999
Wenthold, P.G.; Hu, J.; Squires, R.R.; Lineberger, W.C., Photoelectron spectroscopy of the trimethylenemethane negative ion, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 10, 9, 800, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1044-0305(99)00043-4 . [all data]

Maier, Reisenauer, et al.
Maier, G.; Reisenauer, H.P.; Lanz, K.; Tross, R.; Jurgen, D.; Hess, B.A., Jr.; Schaad, L.J., Angew. Chem. 105, 119. [all data]

Maier, Jurgen, et al., 1994
Maier, G.; Jurgen, D.; Tross, R.; Reisenauer, H.P.; Hess, B.A., Jr.; Schaad, L.J., Detection of trimethylenemethane by IR spectroscopy:result of the photoisomerization of methylenecyclopropane in a halogen-doped xenon matrix, Chem. Phys., 1994, 189, 2, 383, https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0104(94)00266-5 . [all data]

Jacox, 1998
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement A, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 2, 115-393, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556017 . [all data]

Notes

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