return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CCH2 (vinylidene)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
2 1 yes C2V 3B2

State 1 (1A1)

Jump to S2C1
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-12.000030
Energy at 298.15K-11.999958
Nuclear repulsion energy12.583414
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 HF/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 A1 3328 2989 10.50      
2 A1 1848 1660 54.81      
3 A1 1362 1223 12.41      
4 B1 901 809 111.20      
5 B2 3421 3072 0.09      
6 B2 553 496 13.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5706.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5124.4 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
9.45482 1.26954 1.11925

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.492
C2 0.000 0.000 0.836
H3 0.000 0.941 -1.033
H4 0.000 -0.941 -1.033

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.32791.08481.0848
C21.32792.09192.0919
H31.08482.09191.8810
H41.08482.09191.8810

picture of vinylidene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C2 C1 H3 119.891 C2 C1 H4 119.891
H3 C1 H4 120.218
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.376      
2 C -0.071      
3 H 0.223      
4 H 0.223      


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 -2.311 2.311
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.545 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -10.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.521
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.202 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.368 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.166
Polar
3z2-r2-4.332
x2-y2-4.380
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.664 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.360 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.330


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000

State 2 (3B2)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-11.971196
Energy at 298.15K-11.971264
HF Energy-11.971196
Nuclear repulsion energy12.277763
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 HF/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 A1 3282 2947 16.32      
2 A1 1583 1421 0.83      
3 A1 1391 1249 8.01      
4 B1 772 693 56.92      
5 B2 3378 3033 21.06      
6 B2 1061 952 0.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5732.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5148.1 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
9.60805 1.17461 1.04665

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.513
C2 0.000 0.000 0.869
H3 0.000 0.933 -1.068
H4 0.000 -0.933 -1.068

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.38231.08541.0854
C21.38232.15002.1500
H31.08542.15001.8660
H41.08542.15001.8660

picture of vinylidene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.267      
2 C -0.091      
3 H 0.179      
4 H 0.179      


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 -0.610 0.610
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.977 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.886 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.402
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.333 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.804 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.529
Polar
3z2-r23.059
x2-y2-2.092
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.351 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.767 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.603


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 15.855
(<r2>)1/2 3.982