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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.997660
Energy at 298.15K-130.997159
HF Energy-130.679633
Nuclear repulsion energy47.410840
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 CID/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' 3432 3170 18.05      
2 A' 1904 1759 49.94      
3 A' 1168 1079 28.72      
4 A' 716 662 16.80      
5 A' 421 389 2.79      
6 A" 473 437 4.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4056.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3747.2 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
44.96819 0.36909 0.36609

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.057 -1.241 0.000
C2 0.000 0.104 0.000
N3 -0.035 1.274 0.000
H4 0.588 -2.097 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34542.51481.0725
C21.34541.17112.2780
N32.51481.17113.4284
H41.07252.27803.4284

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.854 C2 C1 H4 140.570
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.994528
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.677739
Nuclear repulsion energy47.553785
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 CID/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 3529 3260 65.78      
2 Σ 1581 1461 78.91      
3 Σ 1289 1190 27.69      
4 Π 462 427 0.24      
4 Π 462 427 0.24      
5 Π 485i 448i 57.11      
5 Π 485i 448i 57.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3176.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2934.2 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 CID/6-31G*
B
0.36814

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.208
C2 0.000 0.000 0.088
N3 0.000 0.000 1.285
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.273

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29562.49271.0647
C21.29561.19722.3603
N32.49271.19723.5575
H41.06472.36033.5575

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 CID/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.138      
2 C 0.234      
3 N -0.399      
4 H 0.303      


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> 35.885
(<r2>)1/2 5.990

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.970957
Energy at 298.15K-130.970394
HF Energy-130.617155
Nuclear repulsion energy46.852075
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 CID/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' 3146 2906 19.08      
2 A' 2304 2128 21.87      
3 A' 1096 1013 78.68      
4 A' 1005 928 4.56      
5 A' 422 389 20.25      
6 A" 329 303 11.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4150.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3834.1 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
17.59932 0.36720 0.35970

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.039 -1.302 0.000
C2 0.000 0.104 0.000
N3 -0.108 1.267 0.000
H4 0.993 -1.677 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40742.57001.0981
C21.40741.16722.0396
N32.57001.16723.1430
H41.09812.03963.1430

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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.970957
Energy at 298.15K-130.970394
HF Energy-130.617155
Nuclear repulsion energy46.852075
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 CID/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CID/6-31G*
ABC
17.59932 0.36720 0.35970

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability