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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: ROHF/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 ROHF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.655516
Energy at 298.15K-130.655128
HF Energy-130.655516
Nuclear repulsion energy47.294357
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 ROHF/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' 3467 3087 4.89      
2 A' 2556 2276 3.86      
3 A' 1098 978 4.36      
4 A' 1055 939 13.40      
5 A' 435 387 4.79      
6 A" 490 436 7.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4550.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8904) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4051.7 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 ROHF/6-31G*
ABC
29.13358 0.36532 0.36080

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.294 -1.244 0.000
C2 0.000 0.131 0.000
N3 0.200 1.252 0.000
H4 0.366 -2.084 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40582.54451.0681
C21.40581.13912.2449
N32.54451.13913.3404
H41.06812.24493.3404

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 178.027 C2 C1 H4 129.800
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.638269
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.638269
Nuclear repulsion energy47.683080
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 ROHF/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 3636 3238 112.62      
2 Σ 2468 2198 18.28      
3 Σ 1181 1052 0.82      
4 Π 492 438 1.53      
4 Π 492 438 1.53      
5 Π 987i 879i 79.14      
5 Π 987i 879i 79.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3147.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8904) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2802.4 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 ROHF/6-31G*
B
0.36495

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.231
C2 0.000 0.000 0.128
N3 0.000 0.000 1.272
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.286

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35962.50361.0549
C21.35961.14402.4145
N32.50361.14403.5585
H41.05492.41453.5585

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 ROHF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.156      
2 C 0.277      
3 N -0.460      
4 H 0.339      


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 -4.008 4.008
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.161 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.161 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.821
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.670 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.670 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.340
Polar
3z2-r22.680
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 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> 36.193
(<r2>)1/2 6.016

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.618232
Energy at 298.15K-130.617753
HF Energy-130.618232
Nuclear repulsion energy47.282166
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 ROHF/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' 3271 2913 15.26      
2 A' 2370 2110 32.84      
3 A' 1145 1020 80.55      
4 A' 1023 911 14.08      
5 A' 470 418 28.10      
6 A" 357 318 16.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4318.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8904) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3844.8 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 ROHF/6-31G*
ABC
18.14722 0.37232 0.36483

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.233 -1.276 0.000
C2 0.000 0.111 0.000
N3 0.097 1.255 0.000
H4 0.720 -1.797 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40672.55231.0864
C21.40671.14782.0400
N32.55231.14783.1154
H41.08642.04003.1154

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 ROHF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.618232
Energy at 298.15K-130.617753
HF Energy-130.618232
Nuclear repulsion energy47.282166
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 ROHF/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at ROHF/6-31G*
ABC
18.14722 0.37232 0.36483

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability