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All results from a given calculation for CCH2 (vinylidene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
2 1 yes C2V 3B2

State 1 (1A1)

Jump to S2C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-77.145181
Energy at 298.15K-77.144767
HF Energy-77.145181
Nuclear repulsion energy23.593049
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3077 3027 41.49      
2 A1 1671 1644 87.01      
3 A1 1189 1169 26.83      
4 B1 698 686 97.70      
5 B2 3149 3097 18.50      
6 B2 281 276 1.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5032.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4949.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
9.46391 1.28410 1.13068

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.481
C2 0.000 0.000 0.831
H3 0.000 0.940 -1.051
H4 0.000 -0.940 -1.051

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.31231.09921.0992
C21.31232.10382.1038
H31.09922.10381.8801
H41.09922.10381.8801

picture of vinylidene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C2 C1 H3 121.220 C2 C1 H4 121.220
H3 C1 H4 117.561
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 -0.454      
2 C 0.003      
3 H 0.225      
4 H 0.225      


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 -2.329 2.329
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.698 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.988 0.006
z 0.000 0.006 -13.625
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.892 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.673 0.006
z 0.000 0.006 -1.782
Polar
3z2-r2-3.563
x2-y2-3.710
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.006


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.462 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.489 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 3.833


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.279
(<r2>)1/2 4.157

State 2 (3B2)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-77.079057
Energy at 298.15K-77.079061
HF Energy-77.079057
Nuclear repulsion energy23.410902
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 2975 2926 4.36      
2 A1 1577 1551 5.97      
3 A1 1374 1352 0.86      
4 B1 661 650 2.68      
5 B2 3037 2987 10.32      
6 B2 974 958 5.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5299.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5211.8 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
9.41947 1.26067 1.11186

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.485
C2 0.000 0.000 0.839
H3 0.000 0.942 -1.061
H4 0.000 -0.942 -1.061

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.32431.10421.1042
C21.32432.12082.1208
H31.10422.12081.8845
H41.10422.12081.8845

picture of vinylidene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
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 -0.366      
2 C 0.006      
3 H 0.180      
4 H 0.180      


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 -0.586 0.586
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.413 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.680 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.930
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.108 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.491 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.617
Polar
3z2-r23.234
x2-y2-1.733
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.749 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.216 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.993


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.164
(<r2>)1/2 4.143