Molecule
Name
Carbon dioxide
IUPAC name
Carbon dioxide
Secondary names
Carbonic anhydride, Carbonic acid anhydride, Carbon oxide, CO2
InChI
InChI=1S/CO2/c2-1-3
InChI key
CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number
124-38-9
Comments
natural CO2
Formula
CO2
Chemical formula
CO2
Structural formula
O=C=O
Charge
0
Unpaired electrons
0
  Atom Name Number
C Carbon 1
O Oxygen 2
Relations
  • no
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
Spin type
unique
Spin quantum numbers
0
Molar mass
44.009546 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. =C=O Σ+ no 1333.0 1353.6 inactive active ia in Fermi resonance with 2ν2 - Raman: 1285.40 and 1388.15 cm1
V2 bending CO2 Π double 667.0 667.38 672.6 active inactive s
V3 stretching asym. =C=O Σ+ no 2349.0 2349.16 2396.3 active inactive vs
Comments
Vibrations of the main isotope: 12C16O2. Data from NIST Chemistry WebBook and Jobard & Chedin (1975)
Publications
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
=C=O 2