In database:

575-6500 cm-1

Cyanogen (NCCN)
Molecular weight 28.05 amu
Freezing point -169 C
Boiling point 104 C
Dipole moment .38 D

Infrared cross-sections from PNNL
FTIR infrared cross-sections from 575 to 6500 cm^-1
Data available at 5 C, 25 C, and 50 C
Spectra is composite of on the order of 10 different pressures,backfilled with nitrogen to 760 T.
Images of PNNL data in wavenumbers
Images of PNNL data in microns

Additional references
Substitution structure of cyanogen, NCCN, from high-resolution far infrared spectra; J.C. Grecu, B.P. Winnewisser, and M. Winnewisser; J.Mol.Spec 218:246-255 (2003).
Figures showing spectral data.

Accurate Rovibrational Spectroscopic Properties of Cyanogen and Its Isotopomers; M. Hochlaf; J.Mol.Spec. 207:269-275 (2001).

High Resolution Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrum of the n₅ Fundamental Band System of Cyanogen, NCCN; J.C. Grecu, B.P. Winnewisser, and M. Winnewisser; J.Mol.Spec. 159:534-550 (1993).

Notes
Fundamental frequencies from NIST Chemistry Webbook
n₁ 2330 cm^-1 (S_g⁺) CN stretch
n₂ 846 cm^-1 (S_g⁺) CC stretch
n₃ 2158 cm^-1 (S_u⁺) CN stretch
n₄ 503 cm^-1 (p_g) CCN bend
n₅ 234 cm^-1 (p_u) CCN bend



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