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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31+G**

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 MP3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.038072
Energy at 298.15K-131.037575
HF Energy-130.685063
Nuclear repulsion energy47.377672
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 MP3/6-31+G**
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' 3422 3184 19.22      
2 A' 1977 1839 31.82      
3 A' 1140 1060 32.65      
4 A' 743 691 11.73      
5 A' 417 388 3.16      
6 A" 462 430 2.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4079.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3796.2 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 MP3/6-31+G**
ABC
42.45719 0.36834 0.36518

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.076 -1.244 0.000
C2 0.000 0.107 0.000
N3 -0.017 1.274 0.000
H4 0.576 -2.094 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35342.51931.0712
C21.35341.16752.2751
N32.51931.16753.4202
H41.07122.27513.4202

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.940 C2 C1 H4 139.264
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.034413
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.683657
Nuclear repulsion energy47.541639
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 MP3/6-31+G**
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 3526 3281 72.84      
2 Σ 1573 1463 66.32      
3 Σ 1272 1183 40.56      
4 Π 449 418 0.09      
4 Π 449 418 0.09      
5 Π 538i 501i 65.66      
5 Π 538i 501i 65.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3096.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2880.8 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 MP3/6-31+G**
B
0.36777

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31+G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.209
C2 0.000 0.000 0.089
N3 0.000 0.000 1.285
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.272

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29852.49431.0628
C21.29851.19582.3613
N32.49431.19583.5571
H41.06282.36133.5571

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 MP3/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.205      
2 C -0.092      
3 N -0.391      
4 H 0.278      


Electric dipole moments


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> 36.152
(<r2>)1/2 6.013

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.022132
Energy at 298.15K-131.021518
HF Energy-130.623432
Nuclear repulsion energy46.734379
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 MP3/6-31+G**
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' 3136 2918 14.02      
2 A' 2256 2100 23.43      
3 A' 1076 1001 78.62      
4 A' 1001 931 7.47      
5 A' 397 370 19.73      
6 A" 302 281 6.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4084.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3800.5 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 MP3/6-31+G**
ABC
17.27643 0.36608 0.35848

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.128 -1.299 0.000
C2 0.000 0.103 0.000
N3 -0.282 1.243 0.000
H4 1.201 -1.530 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40772.57441.0975
C21.40771.17402.0274
N32.57441.17403.1445
H41.09752.02743.1445

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 MP3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.022132
Energy at 298.15K-131.021518
HF Energy-130.623432
Nuclear repulsion energy46.734379
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 MP3/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP3/6-31+G**
ABC
17.27643 0.36608 0.35848

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability