Molecule
Name
Ethyne
IUPAC name
Ethyne
Secondary names
Acetylene, C2H2
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H
InChI key
HSFWRNGVRCDJHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number
74-86-2
Formula
$C_2H_2$
Chemical formula
C2H2
Structural formula
$[CH]#[CH]$
Charge
0
  Atom Name Number
$C$ Carbon 2
$H$ Hydrogen 2
Relations
  • no
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
Spin type
equilibrated
Spin quantum numbers
0, 1
Molar mass
26.0373 $g/mol$
State STP
gas
Protic
aprotic
Polarity
nonpolar
Dipole
0.0 $D$
Molecule symmetry
Dinfh
Case
linear-polyatomic
Vibrations number
5
Vibrations
Label Mode Bond Symmetry Degeneracy Fundamental frequency Observed frequency Observed frequency Harmonic frequency Activity IR Activity Raman Strength Comments
v1 stretching sym. $\equiv C-H$ no 3373.7 inactive active s
v2 stretching sym. $-C\equiv C-$ no 1973.8 inactive active vs
v3 stretching asym. $\equiv C-H$ no 3294.9 3281.9 active inactive Fermi resonance with v2+v4+v5 mode
v4 bending $>C=C(-)-H$ double 611.8 inactive active vw
v5 bending $>C=C(-)-H$ double 730.3 active inactive vs Vibrations of the main isotope: $^{12}C_2H_2$. Data from NIST Chemistry WebBook
Publications
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$R\equiv CH$ 2
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\equiv C-H$ 2
$-C\equiv C-$ 1