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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ

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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)

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Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.032529
Energy at 298.15K-131.032122
HF Energy-130.692315
Nuclear repulsion energy47.089175
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3338 3201 13.67      
2 A' 2283 2190 0.90      
3 A' 1058 1015 32.80      
4 A' 846 812 5.09      
5 A' 435 417 4.31      
6 A" 512 491 6.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4236.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.959) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4062.5 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 MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
33.12632 0.36297 0.35904

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.277 -1.239 0.000
C2 0.000 0.124 0.000
N3 0.190 1.262 0.000
H4 0.330 -2.139 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39112.54481.0854
C21.39111.15402.2868
N32.54481.15403.4039
H41.08542.28683.4039

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 178.004 C2 C1 H4 134.488
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.026309
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.692157
Nuclear repulsion energy47.390361
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3467 3325 75.26      
2 Σ 1698 1629 41.69      
3 Σ 1188 1139 48.37      
4 Π 496 476 0.66      
4 Π 496 476 0.66      
5 Π 572i 549i 51.58      
5 Π 572i 549i 51.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3100.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.959) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2973.4 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
B
0.36422

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.220
C2 0.000 0.000 0.103
N3 0.000 0.000 1.285
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.294

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32322.50501.0742
C21.32321.18182.3975
N32.50501.18183.5793
H41.07422.39753.5793

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 MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.605      
2 C -0.047      
3 N -0.300      
4 H -0.258      


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 -3.810 3.810
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.917 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.917 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.041
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.938 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.938 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.876
Polar
3z2-r23.751
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 3.037 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.037 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.259


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.617
(<r2>)1/2 6.051

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

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Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.030749
Energy at 298.15K-131.030156
HF Energy-130.633239
Nuclear repulsion energy46.117592
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3077 2951 11.27      
2 A' 2219 2128 9.86      
3 A' 1064 1020 69.54      
4 A' 977 937 2.39      
5 A' 401 384 15.83      
6 A" 315 302 12.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4026.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.959) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3860.9 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 MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.01356 0.35686 0.34953

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.090 -1.316 0.000
C2 0.000 0.100 0.000
N3 -0.244 1.270 0.000
H4 1.167 -1.591 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41912.60711.1120
C21.41911.19452.0551
N32.60711.19453.1899
H41.11202.05513.1899

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.030749
Energy at 298.15K-131.030156
HF Energy-130.633239
Nuclear repulsion energy46.117592
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.01356 0.35686 0.34953

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability