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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP4/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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.079337
Energy at 298.15K-131.078858
HF Energy-130.694822
Nuclear repulsion energy46.910527
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3359 3282        
2 A' 2033 1986        
3 A' 1130 1104        
4 A' 745 727        
5 A' 426 416        
6 A" 486 475        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4089.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3995.2 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
39.89770 0.36116 0.35792

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.120 -1.255 0.000
C2 0.000 0.110 0.000
N3 0.028 1.286 0.000
H4 0.525 -2.130 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37002.54481.0875
C21.37001.17602.3011
N32.54481.17603.4521
H41.08752.30113.4521

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.331 C2 C1 H4 138.613
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.075501
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.693233
Nuclear repulsion energy47.105929
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 MP4/6-31G*
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 3474 3394        
2 Σ 1639 1601        
3 Σ 1264 1235        
4 Π 478 467        
4 Π 478 467        
5 Π 521i 509i        
5 Π 521i 509i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3145.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3072.8 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
B
0.36077

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.222
C2 0.000 0.000 0.094
N3 0.000 0.000 1.295
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.300

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31632.51771.0773
C21.31631.20132.3936
N32.51771.20133.5950
H41.07732.39363.5950

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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.599      
2 C -0.047      
3 N -0.358      
4 H -0.193      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.656
(<r2>)1/2 6.054

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.075159
Energy at 298.15K-131.074535
HF Energy-130.631406
Nuclear repulsion energy45.958558
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3040 2970        
2 A' 2089 2041        
3 A' 1058 1034        
4 A' 973 951        
5 A' 390 381        
6 A" 310 302        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3929.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3839.1 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.74580 0.35508 0.34771

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.143 -1.314 0.000
C2 0.000 0.098 0.000
N3 -0.299 1.263 0.000
H4 1.236 -1.543 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41842.61381.1172
C21.41841.20282.0541
N32.61381.20283.1980
H41.11722.05413.1980

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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.075159
Energy at 298.15K-131.074535
HF Energy-130.631406
Nuclear repulsion energy45.958558
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 MP4/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.74580 0.35508 0.34771

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability