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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

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 HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.645062
Energy at 298.15K-130.644281
HF Energy-130.645062
Nuclear repulsion energy46.471328
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/LANL2DZ
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' 3533 3180 17.96      
2 A' 1620 1458 80.26      
3 A' 1164 1048 1.33      
4 A' 457 411 29.11      
5 A' 376 338 3.06      
6 A" 393 354 1.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3771.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3393.8 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 HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
83.54519 0.35496 0.35346

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.360 -1.187 0.000
C2 0.000 0.077 0.000
N3 -0.466 1.230 0.000
H4 1.102 -1.948 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31422.55461.0629
C21.31421.24402.3052
N32.55461.24403.5439
H41.06292.30523.5439

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 173.897 C2 C1 H4 151.584
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.644385
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.644385
Nuclear repulsion energy46.546677
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/LANL2DZ
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 3587 3228 41.43      
2 Σ 1602 1442 68.27      
3 Σ 1177 1059 4.35      
4 Π 394 355 1.75      
4 Π 394 355 1.75      
5 Π 301i 271i 51.52      
5 Π 301i 271i 51.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3275.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2947.3 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 HF/LANL2DZ
B
0.35357

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.227
C2 0.000 0.000 0.066
N3 0.000 0.000 1.321
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.284

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29242.54781.0579
C21.29241.25552.3503
N32.54781.25553.6057
H41.05792.35033.6057

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 HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.270      
2 C 0.056      
3 N -0.073      
4 H 0.287      


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 -3.178 3.178
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.651 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.651 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.558
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.547 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.093
Polar
3z2-r22.186
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 1.637 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.637 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.496


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.288
(<r2>)1/2 6.106

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.566878
Energy at 298.15K-130.566450
HF Energy-130.566878
Nuclear repulsion energy46.763213
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/LANL2DZ
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' 3250 2925 17.50      
2 A' 2245 2020 23.64      
3 A' 1123 1011 112.84      
4 A' 979 881 3.88      
5 A' 484 436 30.19      
6 A" 406 365 7.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4243.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3818.9 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 HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
18.88660 0.36411 0.35723

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.152 -1.295 0.000
C2 0.000 0.109 0.000
N3 0.015 1.276 0.000
H4 0.809 -1.814 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41152.57541.0925
C21.41151.16682.0863
N32.57541.16683.1902
H41.09252.08633.1902

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.042      
2 C -0.104      
3 N -0.020      
4 H 0.166      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.884 -2.021 0.000 2.763
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.595 -3.855 0.000
y -3.855 -21.623 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.197
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.315 -3.855 0.000
y -3.855 -4.227 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.912
Polar
3z2-r27.823
x2-y23.028
xy-3.855
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.165 -0.028 0.000
y -0.028 5.980 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.436


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.346
(<r2>)1/2 6.111

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.566878
Energy at 298.15K-130.566450
HF Energy-130.566878
Nuclear repulsion energy46.763213
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/LANL2DZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
18.88660 0.36411 0.35723

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability