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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-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 MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.266027
Energy at 298.15K-21.265623
HF Energy-21.082797
Nuclear repulsion energy22.528049
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 MP2/CEP-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' 3294 3183 0.84      
2 A' 2024 1955 9.46      
3 A' 1058 1023 34.17      
4 A' 891 861 1.54      
5 A' 442 427 2.94      
6 A" 507 490 4.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4107.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3969.3 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 MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
29.71665 0.34506 0.34109

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.298 -1.275 0.000
C2 0.000 0.130 0.000
N3 0.206 1.291 0.000
H4 0.346 -2.160 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.43632.61541.0948
C21.43631.17952.3160
N32.61541.17953.4542
H41.09482.31603.4542

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 178.081 C2 C1 H4 131.959
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.258365
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-21.085438
Nuclear repulsion energy22.557673
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 MP2/CEP-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 3413 3298 47.16      
2 Σ 1440 1391 32.38      
3 Σ 1196 1156 28.06      
4 Π 469 453        
4 Π 469 453        
5 Π 557i 538i 78.37      
5 Π 557i 538i 78.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2936.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2837.9 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 MP2/CEP-31G
B
0.34448

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.256
C2 0.000 0.000 0.102
N3 0.000 0.000 1.323
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.336

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35882.57931.0795
C21.35881.22052.4384
N32.57931.22053.6589
H41.07952.43843.6589

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 MP2/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.223      
2 C -0.531      
3 N 0.379      
4 H 0.375      


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 -3.807 3.807
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.949 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.949 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.874
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.537 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.537 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.075
Polar
3z2-r22.149
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 1.787 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.787 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.566


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.550
(<r2>)1/2 5.617

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

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.260238
Energy at 298.15K-21.259590
HF Energy-21.009542
Nuclear repulsion energy21.888933
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 MP2/CEP-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' 2993 2892 70.18      
2 A' 2198 2124 11.67      
3 A' 1103 1066 76.27      
4 A' 890 860 21.83      
5 A' 343 331 15.57      
6 A" 343 331 4.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3934.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3802.0 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 MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
15.93107 0.33099 0.32425

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.309 -1.341 0.000
C2 0.000 0.119 0.000
N3 -0.470 1.252 0.000
H4 1.433 -1.438 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.49192.70751.1281
C21.49191.22712.1160
N32.70751.22713.2953
H41.12812.11603.2953

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 MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.260238
Energy at 298.15K-21.259590
HF Energy-21.009542
Nuclear repulsion energy21.888933
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 MP2/CEP-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
15.93107 0.33099 0.32425

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability