C=O Bond Length


 
 
Calibration of the ropt = MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ(G03) model for calculation of approximate equilibrium C=O bond lengths.
 
Figure 1.  ropt versus re    PDF
Linear regression:  ~ re (Å) = 1.06234 × ropt - 0.082396,  RSD = 0.0020 Å
 

 








   







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






Molecule    re   ropt   ~ re |re - ~ re| Ref.
   
HCO+ 1.105581 1.1193 1.1067 0.0011
CO 1.128323 1.1389 1.1275 0.0008
OCS 1.1572 1.1688 1.1592 0.0020
CO2 1.160 1.1702 1.1608 0.001
H2C=C=O 1.161 1.1681 1.1585 0.0025 [1]
O=CFCl 1.1730 1.1813 1.1725 0.0005
O=CF2 1.170 1.1778 1.1689 0.001 [2]
O=CCl2 1.1756 1.1850 1.1765 0.0009
O=CHCl 1.1820 1.1900 1.1818 0.0002
HC(=O)OH 1.201 1.2053 1.1980 0.003
O=CH2 1.2031 1.2131 1.2064 0.0033
 
AVG 0.0015
RMS 0.0018
 


 







 
[1] J.L.Duncan and B.Munro, J.Mol.Struct. 161,311(1987).
[2] M.Nakata, K.Kohata, T.Fukuyama, K.Kuchitsu, and C.J.Wilkins, J.Mol.Struct. 68,271(1980).
 
 
References not given above are given on the following pages:
 
HCO+ CO OCS CO2
O=CFCl O=CCl2 O=CHCl HC(=O)OH
O=CH2
 

 








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