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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.260309
Energy at 298.15K-131.259608
HF Energy-131.260309
Nuclear repulsion energy46.896621
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3339 3284 31.96      
2 A' 1823 1793 23.57      
3 A' 1223 1203 3.98      
4 A' 478 470 34.02      
5 A' 389 382 20.62      
6 A" 439 432 2.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3845.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3781.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
83.11229 0.36115 0.35958

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.060 -1.231 0.000
C2 0.000 0.084 0.000
N3 -0.139 1.292 0.000
H4 0.612 -2.158 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31572.53031.0795
C21.31571.21612.3237
N32.53031.21613.5305
H41.07952.32373.5305

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.053 C2 C1 H4 151.791
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.259611
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.259611
Nuclear repulsion energy46.945920
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3400 3344 62.31      
2 Σ 1784 1755 24.05      
3 Σ 1254 1234 3.08      
4 Π 441 434 0.87      
4 Π 441 434 0.87      
5 Π 311i 306i 50.14      
5 Π 311i 306i 50.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3349.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3294.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
B
0.35933

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/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> 36.306
(<r2>)1/2 6.025

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.232976
Energy at 298.15K-131.232369
HF Energy-131.232976
Nuclear repulsion energy46.555787
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3007 2957 15.10      
2 A' 2029 1996 13.88      
3 A' 1099 1081 19.71      
4 A' 894 879 66.86      
5 A' 435 428 19.51      
6 A" 301 297 7.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3882.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3818.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
18.23360 0.36556 0.35837

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.334 -1.242 0.000
C2 0.000 0.090 0.000
N3 -0.491 1.188 0.000
H4 1.432 -1.404 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37402.56641.1099
C21.37401.20222.0694
N32.56641.20223.2268
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 -0.967 0.000 2.152
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.983 -1.382 0.000
y -1.382 -21.096 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.553
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.341 -1.382 0.000
y -1.382 -5.328 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.987
Polar
3z2-r25.973
x2-y25.113
xy-1.382
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.918 -1.514 0.000
y -1.514 5.833 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.232976
Energy at 298.15K-131.232369
HF Energy-131.232976
Nuclear repulsion energy46.555787
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
18.23360 0.36556 0.35837

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability