C=C Bond Length


 
 
Calibration of the ropt = MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ(G03) model for calculation of approximate equilibrium C=C bond lengths.
 
Figure 1.  ropt versus re (or rmrho) bond lengths   PDF
Linear regression:  ~ re (Å) = 0.98508 × ropt + 0.016137,  RSD = 0.0021 Å.
 
   






Table 1.  C=C Bond Lengths (Å).  ropt = MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ(G03)
   





Molecule    re   ropt   ~ re |re - ~ re| Ref.
   
H2C=C=CH2 1.308 1.3090 1.3056 0.002 [1]
H2C=C=O 1.31212 1.3171 1.3135 0.0014 [2]
H2C=CCl2 1.324 1.3315 1.3278 0.004
c-FHC=CHCl
1.325 1.3294 1.3257 0.001
H2C=CHCl 1.3262 1.3296 1.3259 0.0003
H2C=CC 1.3283 1.3332 1.3288 0.0005 [3]
H2C=CH2 1.3297 1.3332 1.3294 0.0003 [4]
H2C=CH-CH3 1.3330 1.3351 1.3313 0.0017 [5]
H2C=CHCN 1.333 1.3380 1.3342 0.001
H2C=C(CN)2 1.342 1.3431 1.3392 0.003
 
AVG 0.0015
RMS 0.0018
 
 
 
 
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[5] H.S.Tam, J.-I.Choe, M.D.Harmony, J.Phys.Chem. 95,9267(1991).
 
 
References not given above are given on the following pages:
H2C=CCl2 c-FHC=CHCl H2C=CHCl
H2C=CHCN H2C=C(CN)2
 

 








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