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The Structure of Carbon Suboxide, C 3 O 2 , in the Solid State
Author(s) -
Ellern Arkady,
Drews Thomas,
Seppelt Konrad
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3749(200101)627:1<73::aid-zaac73>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - molecule , crystallography , chemistry , solid state , materials science , organic chemistry
Carbon suboxide, C 3 O 2 , is crystallized from the melt. According to the X‐ray structure determination the crystal contains two non‐crystallographically equivalent molecules in the asymmetric unit: a = 986.9(2), b = 1206.0(2), c = 516.0(1) pm, space group Pnma. Both molecules are linear. A close inspection of the vibrational amplitudes indicates some systematic deviations from linearity.