MRCI study of spectroscopic and molecular properties of X1Σg+ and A1Πu electronic states of the C2 radical

The potential energy curves (PECs) of X1Σ+g and A1Πu electronic states of the C2 radical have been studied using the full valence complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method followed by the highly accurate valence internally contracted multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) approach in conjunction with the aug-cc-pV6Z basis set for internuclear separations from 0.08 nm to 1.66 nm. With these PECs of the C2 radical,the spectroscopic parameters of three isotopologues ( 12C2 ,12C13C and 13C2 ) have been determined. Compared in detail with previous studies reported in the literature,excellent agreement has been found. The complete vibrational levels G(υ),inertial rotation constants B υ and centrifugal distortion constants D υ for the 12C2 ,12C13C and 13C2 isotopologues have been calculated for the first time for the X1Σ+g and A1Πu electronic states when the rotational quantum number J equals zero. The results are in excellent agreement with previous experimental data in the literature,which shows that the presented molecular constants in this paper are reliable and accurate.