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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.365891
Energy at 298.15K-131.365215
HF Energy-131.365891
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3400 3225 30.74      
2 A' 1834 1739 29.96      
3 A' 1228 1165 9.43      
4 A' 502 476 31.57      
5 A' 384 364 19.09      
6 A" 448 425 2.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3897.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3697.2 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
71.91732 0.36709 0.36522

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.194 -1.218 0.000
C2 0.000 0.090 0.000
N3 0.125 1.279 0.000
H4 0.291 -2.179 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32252.51731.0762
C21.32251.19542.2875
N32.51731.19543.4618
H41.07622.28753.4618

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 177.551 C2 C1 H4 144.773
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.194      
2 C 0.364      
3 N -0.426      
4 H 0.255      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.833 -3.045 0.000 3.157
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.341 -1.209 0.000
y -1.209 -16.294 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.938
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.275 -1.209 0.000
y -1.209 0.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.621
Polar
3z2-r2-1.242
x2-y2-0.047
xy-1.209
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.804 -0.490 0.000
y -0.490 6.091 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.625


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.904
(<r2>)1/2 5.992

Conformer 2 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.364983
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.364983
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 3467 3288 63.15      
2 Σ 1732 1643 37.55      
3 Σ 1282 1216 6.87      
4 Π 449 425 0.85      
4 Π 449 425 0.85      
5 Π 330i 313i 55.23      
5 Π 330i 313i 55.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3358.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3185.9 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
B
0.36553

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/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 0.089
N3 0.000 0.000 1.289
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.281

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30102.50141.0691
C21.30101.20032.3701
N32.50141.20033.5704
H41.06912.37013.5704

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 wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.132      
2 C 0.310      
3 N -0.458      
4 H 0.280      


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 -3.376 3.376
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.908 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.054
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.927 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.927 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.854
Polar
3z2-r23.707
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 1.630 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.630 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.158


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.872
(<r2>)1/2 5.989