Ab initio vibration—rotation coupling constants and the equilibrium geometries of NCCN and CNCN

The equilibrium geometries of NCCN and CNCN were calculated from experimental ground-state rotational constants and ab initio values for the vibration—rotation coupling constants. For NCCN, R_1e(NC) = 1.1578(5) Å and R_2e(CC) = 1.3839(5) Å were obtained, where estimated error bars are given in parentheses. The calculated equilibrium bond lengths of CNCN are R_1e(CN) = 1.1813(5) Å, R_2e(NC) = 1.3116(5) Å and R_3e(CN) = 1.1581(5) Å. Ground-state rotational and centrifugal distortion constants are predicted with high accuracy for various isotopomers of NCCN.