Molecule
Name
Carbon dioxide
IUPAC name
(12C,16O)Carbon dioxide
Secondary names
Carbonic anhydride, Carbonic acid anhydride, Carbon oxide, CO2
InChI
InChI=1S/CO2/c2-1-3/i1+0,2+0,3+0
InChI key
CURLTUGMZLYLDI-SXRZRGFPSA-N
Comments
$^{12}C^{16}O_2$ isotope
Formula
$^{12}C^{16}O_2$
Chemical formula
CO2
Isotopic formula
[12]C[16]O2
Structural formula
[16O]=[12C]=[16O]
Charge
0
Unpaired electrons
0
  Atom Name Number
$^{12}C$ Carbon 1
$^{16}O$ Oxygen 2
Relations
  • no
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
Spin type
unique
Spin quantum numbers
0
Molar mass
43.989829 $g/mol$
State STP
gas
Protic
aprotic
Polarity
nonpolar
Dipole
0.0 $D$
Molecule symmetry
Dinfh
Case
linear-triatomic
Vibrations number
3
Vibrations
Label Mode Bond Symmetry Degeneracy Fundamental frequency Observed frequency Observed frequency Harmonic frequency Activity IR Activity Raman Strength Comments
V1 stretching sym. $=^{12}C=^{16}O$ $\Sigma+$ no 1333.0 1353.6 inactive active ia in Fermi resonance with $2\nu_2$ - Raman: 1285.40 and 1388.15 $cm^{-1}$
V2 bending $CO_2$ $\Pi$ double 667.0 667.38 672.6 active inactive s
V3 stretching asym. $=^{12}C=^{16}O$ $\Sigma+$ no 2349.0 2349.16 2396.3 active inactive vs
Comments
Data from NIST Chemistry WebBook and Jobard & Chedin (1975)
Publications
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$=^{12}C=^{16}O$ 2