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All results from a given calculation for C3H2N2 (Malononitrile)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-224.928074
Energy at 298.15K-224.929771
Nuclear repulsion energy123.233031
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 B3LYP/SDD
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 3071 2952 0.11      
2 A1 2302 2213 0.30      
3 A1 1480 1423 24.48      
4 A1 899 864 9.81      
5 A1 583 561 0.03      
6 A1 150 145 8.17      
7 A2 1260 1211 0.00      
8 A2 383 368 0.00      
9 B1 3124 3003 0.11      
10 B1 962 925 0.05      
11 B1 348 335 0.93      
12 B2 2300 2211 2.01      
13 B2 1366 1313 0.19      
14 B2 999 960 14.26      
15 B2 381 366 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9804.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9424.9 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 B3LYP/SDD
ABC
0.68337 0.09539 0.08503

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/SDD

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.845
C2 0.000 1.230 0.029
C3 0.000 -1.230 0.029
H4 0.884 0.000 1.497
H5 -0.884 0.000 1.497
N6 0.000 2.226 -0.601
N7 0.000 -2.226 -0.601

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 N6 N7
C11.47651.47651.09801.09802.65502.6550
C21.47652.46042.10942.10941.17873.5136
C31.47652.46042.10942.10943.51361.1787
H41.09802.10942.10941.76723.18433.1843
H51.09802.10942.10941.76723.18433.1843
N62.65501.17873.51363.18433.18434.4529
N72.65503.51361.17873.18433.18434.4529

picture of Malononitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N6 178.733 C1 C3 N7 178.733
C2 C1 C3 112.859 C2 C1 H4 109.162
C2 C1 H5 109.162 C3 C1 H4 109.162
C3 C1 H5 109.162 H4 C1 H5 107.174
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.389      
2 C -0.111      
3 C -0.111      
4 H 0.280      
5 H 0.280      
6 N 0.026      
7 N 0.026      


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 3.927 3.927
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.815 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.225 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.921
Traceless
 xyz
x 8.258 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.357 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.099
Polar
3z2-r216.198
x2-y216.410
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.285 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.437 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.664


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 122.465
(<r2>)1/2 11.066