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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.285535
Energy at 298.15K-131.284957
HF Energy-131.168209
Nuclear repulsion energy47.201482
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 B2PLYP/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' 3399 3227 24.72      
2 A' 1903 1807 19.14      
3 A' 1189 1128 13.54      
4 A' 606 575 36.68      
5 A' 409 388 7.11      
6 A" 458 435 3.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3981.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3779.4 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
56.03830 0.36622 0.36384

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.005 -1.236 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.093 1.282 0.000
H4 0.623 -2.112 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32812.51981.0727
C21.32811.19342.2911
N32.51981.19343.4692
H41.07272.29113.4692

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.731 C2 C1 H4 145.004
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.283781
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.167241
Nuclear repulsion energy47.331121
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 B2PLYP/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 Σ 3486 3309 69.30      
2 Σ 1725 1637 30.48      
3 Σ 1277 1212 10.05      
4 Π 459 435 0.81      
4 Π 459 435 0.81      
5 Π 404i 384i 54.62      
5 Π 404i 384i 54.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3298.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3131.0 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
B
0.36495

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.212
C2 0.000 0.000 0.084
N3 0.000 0.000 1.292
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.278

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29602.50421.0657
C21.29601.20822.3617
N32.50421.20823.5699
H41.06572.36173.5699

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 B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.107      
2 C 0.278      
3 N -0.436      
4 H 0.264      


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 -3.382 3.382
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.969 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.969 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.306
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.831 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.831 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.663
Polar
3z2-r23.326
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.610 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.610 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.073


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.985
(<r2>)1/2 5.999

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.263668
Energy at 298.15K-131.263096
HF Energy-131.130757
Nuclear repulsion energy46.733120
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 B2PLYP/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' 3110 2952 15.70      
2 A' 2097 1991 21.42      
3 A' 1089 1033 44.96      
4 A' 959 910 38.27      
5 A' 427 406 20.27      
6 A" 325 308 10.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4003.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3799.7 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
18.30982 0.36714 0.35992

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.150 -1.282 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.301 1.243 0.000
H4 1.212 -1.564 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38222.56471.0988
C21.38221.18942.0522
N32.56471.18943.1888
H41.09882.05223.1888

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.111      
2 C 0.279      
3 N -0.367      
4 H 0.198      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.841 -1.296 0.000 2.252
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.525 -2.089 0.000
y -2.089 -21.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.593
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.861 -2.089 0.000
y -2.089 -5.120 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.259
Polar
3z2-r26.519
x2-y24.654
xy-2.089
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.483 -0.990 0.000
y -0.990 5.917 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.157


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.503
(<r2>)1/2 6.042

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.263668
Energy at 298.15K-131.263096
HF Energy-131.130757
Nuclear repulsion energy46.733120
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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
18.30982 0.36714 0.35992

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability