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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.400654
Energy at 298.15K-131.399972
HF Energy-131.400654
Nuclear repulsion energy47.220976
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3398 3257 35.15      
2 A' 1813 1737 42.28      
3 A' 1232 1181 8.06      
4 A' 485 465 26.83      
5 A' 390 374 13.46      
6 A" 431 413 0.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3874.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3713.1 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
80.67108 0.36590 0.36424

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.080 -1.224 0.000
C2 0.000 0.089 0.000
N3 -0.162 1.278 0.000
H4 0.654 -2.134 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31492.51371.0759
C21.31491.20052.3166
N32.51371.20053.5081
H41.07592.31663.5081

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.734 C2 C1 H4 151.222
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.399838
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.399838
Nuclear repulsion energy47.286686
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3459 3315 66.33      
2 Σ 1742 1669 45.13      
3 Σ 1275 1222 4.70      
4 Π 433 415 0.04      
4 Π 433 415 0.04      
5 Π 349i 334i 45.40      
5 Π 349i 334i 45.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3322.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3183.5 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
B
0.36440

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.212
C2 0.000 0.000 0.084
N3 0.000 0.000 1.293
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.283

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29582.50561.0706
C21.29581.20982.3664
N32.50561.20983.5762
H41.07062.36643.5762

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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.651      
2 C 0.089      
3 N -0.385      
4 H -0.354      


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 -3.336 3.336
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.432 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.432 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.584
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.924 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.848
Polar
3z2-r23.696
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 3.035 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.035 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.106


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.283
(<r2>)1/2 6.024

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.370223
Energy at 298.15K-131.369653
HF Energy-131.370223
Nuclear repulsion energy46.910555
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3091 2962 4.27      
2 A' 2120 2031 24.59      
3 A' 1093 1048 39.78      
4 A' 953 914 42.43      
5 A' 450 431 23.60      
6 A" 298 285 10.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4002.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3835.5 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.96064 0.37019 0.36271

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.068 -1.285 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.218 1.254 0.000
H4 1.121 -1.623 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37972.55491.1062
C21.37971.18112.0493
N32.55491.18113.1728
H41.10622.04933.1728

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.074      
2 C 0.254      
3 N -0.267      
4 H -0.061      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.719 -1.467 0.000 2.260
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.169 -2.463 0.000
y -2.463 -21.146 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.083
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.446 -2.463 0.000
y -2.463 -4.520 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.074
Polar
3z2-r26.148
x2-y23.978
xy-2.463
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.476 -0.509 0.000
y -0.509 7.068 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.310


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.540
(<r2>)1/2 6.045

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.370223
Energy at 298.15K-131.369653
HF Energy-131.370223
Nuclear repulsion energy46.910555
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.96064 0.37019 0.36271

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability