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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.006434
Energy at 298.15K-131.005899
HF Energy-130.680249
Nuclear repulsion energy47.287025
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 CISD/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' 3435 3180 19.37      
2 A' 1861 1723 51.94      
3 A' 1189 1101 20.55      
4 A' 678 627 22.31      
5 A' 414 384 3.05      
6 A" 458 424 2.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4017.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9258) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3719.1 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 CISD/6-31G*
ABC
48.88658 0.36750 0.36476

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 -1.240 0.000
C2 0.000 0.098 0.000
N3 -0.094 1.277 0.000
H4 0.656 -2.087 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.33762.51831.0721
C21.33761.18282.2816
N32.51831.18283.4469
H41.07212.28163.4469

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.453 C2 C1 H4 142.248
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.003693
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.677975
Nuclear repulsion energy47.413106
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 CISD/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 3519 3258 64.21      
2 Σ 1627 1506 70.53      
3 Σ 1291 1195 13.89      
4 Π 452 419 0.17      
4 Π 452 419 0.17      
5 Π 479i 444i 56.06      
5 Π 479i 444i 56.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3191.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9258) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2954.6 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 CISD/6-31G*
B
0.36612

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.211
C2 0.000 0.000 0.085
N3 0.000 0.000 1.289
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.276

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29592.50001.0652
C21.29591.20412.3611
N32.50001.20413.5652
H41.06522.36113.5652

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 CISD/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.140      
2 C 0.229      
3 N -0.391      
4 H 0.301      


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> 36.024
(<r2>)1/2 6.002

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.975270
Energy at 298.15K-130.974703
HF Energy-130.616843
Nuclear repulsion energy46.832242
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 CISD/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' 3147 2913 18.83      
2 A' 2253 2086 28.01      
3 A' 1091 1010 81.48      
4 A' 1004 930 1.80      
5 A' 424 393 20.67      
6 A" 324 300 11.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4121.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9258) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3815.4 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 CISD/6-31G*
ABC
17.68597 0.36720 0.35973

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.026 -1.301 0.000
C2 0.000 0.102 0.000
N3 -0.121 1.267 0.000
H4 1.007 -1.672 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40352.56951.0979
C21.40351.17082.0398
N32.56951.17083.1476
H41.09792.03983.1476

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 CISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.975270
Energy at 298.15K-130.974703
HF Energy-130.616843
Nuclear repulsion energy46.832242
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 CISD/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CISD/6-31G*
ABC
17.68597 0.36720 0.35973

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability