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All results from a given calculation for C2H (Ethynyl radical)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (C*V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-76.499546
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-76.500523
Nuclear repulsion energy19.662031
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.480
C2 0.000 0.000 0.740
H3 0.000 0.000 -1.556

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3
C11.22031.0758
C21.22032.2960
H31.07582.2960

picture of Ethynyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C2 C1 H3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-76.500523
Energy at 298.15K-76.498927
HF Energy-76.500523
Nuclear repulsion energy19.662031
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3358 3303 16.81      
2 A' 1677 1650 379.74      
3 A' 552 542 30.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2793.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2747.3 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
140.08201 1.42225 1.40796

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.031 0.496 0.000
C2 0.031 -0.746 0.000
H3 -0.368 1.500 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3
C11.24271.0797
C21.24272.2812
H31.07972.2812

picture of Ethynyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C2 C1 H3 158.316
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.149      
2 C -0.066      
3 H 0.215      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.009 1.150 0.000 1.150
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.754 -1.255 0.000
y -1.255 -9.057 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.389
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.030 -1.255 0.000
y -1.255 3.014 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.983
Polar
3z2-r2-3.967
x2-y2-2.696
xy-1.255
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.473 0.476 0.000
y 0.476 5.125 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.075


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 14.129
(<r2>)1/2 3.759