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All results from a given calculation for HCCCN (Cyanoacetylene)

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.510677
Energy at 298.15K-169.505706
HF Energy-169.585017
Nuclear repulsion energy77.098277
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3499 3376 84.99      
2 Σ 2382 2298 26.32      
3 Σ 2184 2107 1.48      
4 Σ 907 875 0.00      
5 Π 682 658 39.08      
5 Π 682 658 39.08      
6 Π 570 550 4.91      
6 Π 570 550 4.91      
7 Π 245 237 0.51      
7 Π 245 237 0.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5982.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5773.0 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
B
0.15274

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 1.897
C2 0.000 0.000 0.736
C3 0.000 0.000 -0.631
C4 0.000 0.000 -1.835
H5 0.000 0.000 -2.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 H5
N11.16062.52803.73174.7949
C21.16061.36732.57113.6342
C32.52801.36731.20382.2669
C43.73172.57111.20381.0632
H54.79493.63422.26691.0632

picture of Cyanoacetylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C3 C4 180.000
C3 C4 H5 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.326      
2 C 0.250      
3 C 0.279      
4 C -0.438      
5 H 0.234      


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 -3.792 3.792
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> 72.865
(<r2>)1/2 8.536