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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.046189
Energy at 298.15K-131.045596
HF Energy-130.680274
Nuclear repulsion energy46.913535
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 CCSD/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' 3370 3182 17.41      
2 A' 1858 1755 37.54      
3 A' 1165 1100 11.23      
4 A' 666 629 29.32      
5 A' 393 371 2.98      
6 A" 425 401 1.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3938.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3718.7 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
49.38071 0.36212 0.35949

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.051 -1.245 0.000
C2 0.000 0.094 0.000
N3 -0.149 1.283 0.000
H4 0.738 -2.075 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34022.53681.0771
C21.34021.19892.2911
N32.53681.19893.4738
H41.07712.29113.4738

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.037 C2 C1 H4 142.585
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.043281
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.677885
Nuclear repulsion energy47.062339
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 CCSD/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 3452 3260 61.14      
2 Σ 1680 1586 47.00      
3 Σ 1252 1182 6.62      
4 Π 424 400 0.07      
4 Π 424 400 0.07      
5 Π 513i 485i 56.01      
5 Π 513i 485i 56.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3102.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2929.4 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 CCSD/6-31G*
B
0.36077

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.219
C2 0.000 0.000 0.085
N3 0.000 0.000 1.300
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.289

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30372.51891.0701
C21.30371.21522.3739
N32.51891.21523.5890
H41.07012.37393.5890

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 CCSD/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.143      
2 C 0.223      
3 N -0.372      
4 H 0.292      


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> 36.410
(<r2>)1/2 6.034

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.017766
Energy at 298.15K-131.017149
HF Energy-130.615168
Nuclear repulsion energy46.534124
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 CCSD/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' 3059 2889 24.20      
2 A' 2155 2035 35.28      
3 A' 1069 1009 73.48      
4 A' 984 930 2.12      
5 A' 404 381 17.12      
6 A" 303 286 8.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3987.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3765.0 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
17.34668 0.36319 0.35574

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.059 -1.306 0.000
C2 0.000 0.100 0.000
N3 -0.211 1.263 0.000
H4 1.122 -1.610 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40762.58361.1051
C21.40761.18212.0450
N32.58361.18213.1671
H41.10512.04503.1671

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 CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.017766
Energy at 298.15K-131.017149
HF Energy-130.615168
Nuclear repulsion energy46.534124
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 CCSD/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
17.34668 0.36319 0.35574

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability