Molecule
Name
Diacetylene
IUPAC name
Buta-1,3-diyne
Secondary names
Butadiyne, 1,3-Butadiyne, Biacetylene, C4H2
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H2/c1-3-4-2/h1-2H
InChI key
LLCSWKVOHICRDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number
460-12-8
Comments
natural $C_4H_2$
Formula
$C_4H_2$
Chemical formula
C4H2
Structural formula
[HC]#CC#[CH]
Charge
0
Unpaired electrons
0
  Atom Name Number
$C$ Carbon 4
$H$ Hydrogen 2
Relations
  • no
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
Spin type
unique
Molar mass
50.06 $g/mol$
State STP
gas
State NTP
gas
Protic
protic
Polarity
nonpolar
Dipole
0.0 $D$
Molecule symmetry
Dinfh
Case
linear-polyatomic
Vibrations number
9
Vibrations
Label Mode Bond Symmetry Degeneracy Fundamental frequency Observed frequency Observed frequency Harmonic frequency Activity IR Activity Raman Strength Comments
V4 stretching asym. $\equiv C-H$ $\Sigma+$ no 3332.8 active inactive vs
V1 stretching sym. $\equiv C-H$ $\Sigma+$ no 3293.0 inactive active ia Raman: vw, in liquid
V2 stretching sym. $-C\equiv C-$ $\Sigma+$ no 2184.0 inactive active ia Raman: vs
V5 stretching asym. $-C\equiv C-$ $\Sigma+$ no 2019.8 active inactive m
V3 stretching $\equiv C-C \equiv$ $\Sigma+$ no 874.0 inactive active ia Raman: w
V8 bending out-p $-C \equiv C-H$ $\Pi$ double 628.0 active inactive vs
V6 bending sym. $-C \equiv C-H$ $\Pi$ double 627.0 inactive active ia Raman: m
V7 bending sym. $-C\equiv C-C\equiv$ $\Pi$ double 482.0 inactive active ia Raman: s
V9 bending out-p $-C\equiv C-C\equiv$ $\Pi$ double 220.1 active inactive s
Comments
Vibrations of the main isotope: $^{12}C_4~^1H_2$. IR data from Jolly et al. 2014
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$R-C\equiv C-R$ 1
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\equiv C-C \equiv$ 1
$-C\equiv C-$ 2
$\equiv C-H$ 2