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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 3A"
1 2 no C*V 3Σ
2 1 yes CS 1A'

State 1 (3A") , Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.882378
Energy at 298.15K-130.881693
HF Energy-130.630562
Nuclear repulsion energy46.289549
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3315 3195 8.40      
2 A' 1776 1711 24.35      
3 A' 1128 1087 6.56      
4 A' 676 651 22.24      
5 A' 360 347 2.23      
6 A" 359 346 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3807.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3668.4 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/6-31G
ABC
49.64253 0.35274 0.35025

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.193 -1.246 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.303 1.276 0.000
H4 0.962 -2.007 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35252.57031.0820
C21.35251.22152.3095
N32.57031.22153.5182
H41.08202.30953.5182

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 173.846 C2 C1 H4 142.881
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.878995
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.630003
Nuclear repulsion energy46.422961
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3382 3259 43.36      
2 Σ 1609 1550 29.64      
3 Σ 1200 1156 2.55      
4 Π 333 321 0.98      
4 Π 333 321 0.98      
5 Π 584i 563i 55.24      
5 Π 584i 563i 55.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2844.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2740.9 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/6-31G
B
0.35115

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.235
C2 0.000 0.000 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.319
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.312

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31662.55441.0763
C21.31661.23782.3930
N32.55441.23783.6307
H41.07632.39303.6307

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 180.000 C2 C1 H4 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at QCISD/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.036      
2 C -0.077      
3 N -0.190      
4 H 0.303      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -3.351 3.351
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.406
(<r2>)1/2 6.116

State 2 (1A') , Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.840150
Energy at 298.15K-130.839466
HF Energy-130.549068
Nuclear repulsion energy45.908360
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 2966 2858 35.80      
2 A' 2005 1932 29.80      
3 A' 1043 1005 77.53      
4 A' 906 873 6.82      
5 A' 374 360 14.41      
6 A" 287 276 1.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3789.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3651.9 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/6-31G
ABC
17.47571 0.35379 0.34677

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.422 -1.246 0.000
C2 0.000 0.110 0.000
N3 -0.580 1.163 0.000
H4 1.533 -1.330 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41972.60901.1150
C21.41971.20262.1036
N32.60901.20263.2688
H41.11502.10363.2688

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.840150
Energy at 298.15K-130.839466
HF Energy-130.549068
Nuclear repulsion energy45.908360
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/6-31G
ABC
17.47571 0.35379 0.34677

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability