NORMAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS OF DIACETYLENE AND DICYANOACETYLENE

The potential energy constants of diacetylene and dicyanoacetylene were obtained by the method of “characteristic set of valence coordinates” of Herranz and Castano. The values of the various interaction force constants were determined without any assumptions regarding force fields. The mean amplitudes of vibration for the various characteristic bonds were calculated by Cyvin's method. It is shown that the conventional set of symmetry coordinates, usually characterized by individual chromophores, leads to abnormally large values for the force constants in the case of dicyanoacetylene. Hence a different set of symmetry coordinates taking into account the whole unit of CC bonds has to be chosen to get a reasonable set of force constants. © 1969, CSIRO. All rights reserved.