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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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)

Jump to S1C2 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.280081
Energy at 298.15K-131.279392
HF Energy-131.280081
Nuclear repulsion energy47.196966
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3396 3265 37.72      
2 A' 1814 1744 42.16      
3 A' 1235 1188 7.72      
4 A' 479 460 25.94      
5 A' 388 373 15.40      
6 A" 431 414 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3871.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3722.6 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
82.69782 0.36550 0.36390

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.082 -1.224 0.000
C2 0.000 0.088 0.000
N3 -0.163 1.279 0.000
H4 0.651 -2.138 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31462.51461.0771
C21.31461.20172.3195
N32.51461.20173.5124
H41.07712.31953.5124

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.763 C2 C1 H4 151.625
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.279316
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.279316
Nuclear repulsion energy47.259824
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 PBE1PBE/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 3455 3322 68.92      
2 Σ 1747 1680 45.03      
3 Σ 1277 1228 4.59      
4 Π 432 416 0.04      
4 Π 432 416 0.04      
5 Π 341i 328i 45.45      
5 Π 341i 328i 45.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3330.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3202.5 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
B
0.36401

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.213
C2 0.000 0.000 0.084
N3 0.000 0.000 1.294
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.285

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29622.50681.0719
C21.29621.21062.3681
N32.50681.21063.5787
H41.07192.36813.5787

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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.651      
2 C 0.100      
3 N -0.388      
4 H -0.364      


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 -3.330 3.330
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.481 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.588
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.946 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.946 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.892
Polar
3z2-r23.784
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 3.033 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.033 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.129


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.332
(<r2>)1/2 6.028

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.249692
Energy at 298.15K-131.249120
HF Energy-131.249692
Nuclear repulsion energy46.882816
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3086 2968 3.73      
2 A' 2119 2037 24.72      
3 A' 1095 1053 37.62      
4 A' 950 914 44.34      
5 A' 450 433 23.63      
6 A" 296 285 10.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3997.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3844.3 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.90510 0.36985 0.36237

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.070 -1.285 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.221 1.254 0.000
H4 1.126 -1.621 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37992.55611.1077
C21.37991.18222.0501
N32.55611.18223.1746
H41.10772.05013.1746

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.071      
2 C 0.267      
3 N -0.270      
4 H -0.069      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.720 -1.453 0.000 2.251
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.200 -2.459 0.000
y -2.459 -21.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.131
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.455 -2.459 0.000
y -2.459 -4.514 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.059
Polar
3z2-r26.118
x2-y23.980
xy-2.459
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.485 -0.522 0.000
y -0.522 7.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.310


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.588
(<r2>)1/2 6.049

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.249692
Energy at 298.15K-131.249120
HF Energy-131.249692
Nuclear repulsion energy46.882816
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.90510 0.36985 0.36237

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability