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 CH (Methylidyne)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 2Π1/2
3 1 yes C*V 4Σ-

State 1 (2Π1/2)

Jump to S2C1 S3C1
Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5.924543
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-5.878840
Nuclear repulsion energy1.846929
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-121G
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 2738 2673 249.80 189.34 0.60 0.75

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1369.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1336.4 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 MP2/CEP-121G
B
13.80426

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.164
H2 0.000 0.000 -0.982

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2
C11.1461
H21.1461

picture of Methylidyne state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 (2Π3/2)

Jump to S1C1 S3C1
Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5.924543
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-5.878840
Nuclear repulsion energy1.846929
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-121G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/CEP-121G
B
13.80426

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is C∞v

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 3 (4Σ-)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1
Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5.927437
Energy at 298.15K-5.926086
HF Energy-5.896528
Nuclear repulsion energy1.933861
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-121G
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 3142 3067 13.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1571.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1533.4 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 MP2/CEP-121G
B
15.13433

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.156
H2 0.000 0.000 -0.938

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2
C11.0946
H21.0946

picture of Methylidyne state 3 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability