Tricarbon

• Formula: C₃
• Molecular weight: 36.0321
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3/c1-3-2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NVLRFXKSQQPKAD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 12075-35-3
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• Other names: Carbon trimer
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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   ¹S_u⁺

State:   D

State:   B

State:   ?

State:   A

State:   b

State:   a

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 65; Jacox, 1998, page 168; Jacox, 2003, page 81; Becker, Tatarczyk, et al., 1979; Reisler, Mangir, et al., 1980; Jungen and Merer, 1980; Rohlfing and Goldsmith, 1990; Northrup and Sears, 1990; Northrup, Sears, et al., 1991

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References

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Chang and Graham, 1982
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Saha and Western, 2006
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Rohlfing and Goldsmith, 1989
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Rohlfing, 1989
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Douglas, 1951
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McCall, Casaes, et al., 2003
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Tanabashi, Hirao, et al., 2005
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Zhang, Chen, et al., 2005
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Chen, Merer, et al., 2010
Chen, C.-W.; Merer, A.J.; Chao, J.-M.; Hsu, Y.-C., Laser excitation spectrum of C3 in the region 26000--30700cm-1, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 2010, 263, 1, 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2010.06.010 . [all data]

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Weltner and McLeod, 1964
Weltner, W., Jr.; McLeod, D., Jr., Spectroscopy of Carbon Vapor Condensed in Rare-Gas Matrices at 4° and 20°K. II, J. Chem. Phys., 1964, 40, 5, 1305, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1725313 . [all data]

Bondybey and English, 1978
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Cermak, Forderer, et al., 1998
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Barger and Broida, 1965
Barger, R.L.; Broida, H.P., Spectra of C3 in Solidified Gases at 4° and 20°K, J. Chem. Phys., 1965, 43, 7, 2364, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1697134 . [all data]

Hoshina, Kato, et al., 2004
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Sasada, Amano, et al., 1991
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Tokaryk and Civis, 1995
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Smith, Agreiter, et al., 1993
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Tokaryk, Harvie, et al., 2002
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Arnold, Bradforth, et al., 1991
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Szczepanski and Vala, 1993
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Hwang, Klassen, et al., 1996
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Ortman, Hauge, et al., 1988
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Szczepanski, Ekern, et al., 1996
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Kawaguchi, Matsumura, et al., 1989
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Northrup and Sears, 1989
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Schmuttenmaer, Cohen, et al., 1990
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Gendriesch, Pehl, et al., 2003
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Zhang, Lin, et al., 2004
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Wu, Chen, et al., 2009
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Jacox and Milligan, 1974
Jacox, M.E.; Milligan, D.E., Matrix isolation study of the vacuum ultraviolet photolysis of allene and methylacetylene. Vibrational and electronic spectra of the species C3, C3H, C3H2, and C3H3, Chem. Phys., 1974, 4, 1, 45, https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0104(74)80047-9 . [all data]

Miki, Wakabayashi, et al., 1996
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Jacox, 1998
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Jacox, 2003
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement B, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2003, 32, 1, 1-441, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1497629 . [all data]

Becker, Tatarczyk, et al., 1979
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Reisler, Mangir, et al., 1980
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Rohlfing and Goldsmith, 1990
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Northrup and Sears, 1990
Northrup, F.J.; Sears, T.J., Stimulated-emission pumping spectroscopy study of jet-cooled C_3: pure bending levels and bend---symmetric-stretch combination levels of X~^1Σ_g^+, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 1990, 7, 9, 1924, https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.7.001924 . [all data]

Northrup, Sears, et al., 1991
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