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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.260308
Energy at 298.15K-131.259606
HF Energy-131.260308
Nuclear repulsion energy46.895962
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 PBEPBE/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' 3341 3293 32.02      
2 A' 1822 1796 23.60      
3 A' 1223 1206 3.97      
4 A' 476 470 33.36      
5 A' 387 382 21.25      
6 A" 439 433 1.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3844.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3789.3 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
83.48067 0.36113 0.35957

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.063 -1.231 0.000
C2 0.000 0.084 0.000
N3 -0.142 1.291 0.000
H4 0.617 -2.157 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31562.53031.0795
C21.31561.21622.3239
N32.53031.21623.5309
H41.07952.32393.5309

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.033 C2 C1 H4 151.852
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.259611
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.259611
Nuclear repulsion energy46.945732
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 PBEPBE/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 3402 3353 62.29      
2 Σ 1784 1758 24.04      
3 Σ 1254 1236 3.08      
4 Π 441 435 0.88      
4 Π 441 435 0.88      
5 Π 311i 307i 50.14      
5 Π 311i 307i 50.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3349.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3301.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
B
0.35933

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.220
C2 0.000 0.000 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.304
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.294

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30052.52371.0745
C21.30051.22322.3750
N32.52371.22323.5982
H41.07452.37503.5982

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 PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.076      
2 C 0.303      
3 N -0.467      
4 H 0.240      


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 -3.209 3.209
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.898 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.898 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.074
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.912 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.912 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.824
Polar
3z2-r23.648
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 1.644 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.289


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.307
(<r2>)1/2 6.025

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.232976
Energy at 298.15K-131.232368
HF Energy-131.232976
Nuclear repulsion energy46.555908
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 PBEPBE/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' 3006 2963 15.09      
2 A' 2029 2000 13.89      
3 A' 1100 1084 19.59      
4 A' 894 881 66.89      
5 A' 435 428 19.56      
6 A" 301 297 7.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3881.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3826.4 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
18.23393 0.36556 0.35837

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.333 -1.242 0.000
C2 0.000 0.090 0.000
N3 -0.490 1.188 0.000
H4 1.432 -1.404 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37402.56631.1099
C21.37401.20222.0694
N32.56631.20223.2268
H41.10992.06943.2268

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.148      
2 C 0.336      
3 N -0.390      
4 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.923 -0.968 0.000 2.152
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.984 -1.383 0.000
y -1.383 -21.096 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.553
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.340 -1.383 0.000
y -1.383 -5.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.987
Polar
3z2-r25.973
x2-y25.112
xy-1.383
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.917 -1.513 0.000
y -1.513 5.834 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.146


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.521
(<r2>)1/2 6.043

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.232976
Energy at 298.15K-131.232368
HF Energy-131.232976
Nuclear repulsion energy46.555908
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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
18.23393 0.36556 0.35837

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability