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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.057597
Energy at 298.15K-131.057105
HF Energy-130.694871
Nuclear repulsion energy47.051311
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 CCD/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' 3336 3217 16.72      
2 A' 1940 1871 41.73      
3 A' 1115 1075 33.85      
4 A' 726 700 10.65      
5 A' 414 399 2.30      
6 A" 473 456 2.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4001.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9645) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3859.5 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
41.35128 0.36316 0.36000

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.097 -1.252 0.000
C2 0.000 0.110 0.000
N3 0.005 1.282 0.000
H4 0.550 -2.124 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36592.53651.0857
C21.36591.17202.3007
N32.53651.17203.4494
H41.08572.30073.4494

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.151 C2 C1 H4 139.316
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.054094
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.693279
Nuclear repulsion energy47.216531
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 CCD/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 3446 3323 65.65      
2 Σ 1570 1515 76.75      
3 Σ 1242 1198 36.78      
4 Π 465 449 0.08      
4 Π 465 449 0.08      
5 Π 487i 470i 48.62      
5 Π 487i 470i 48.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3107.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9645) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2996.8 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
B
0.36253

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.219
C2 0.000 0.000 0.094
N3 0.000 0.000 1.292
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.295

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31272.51141.0760
C21.31271.19872.3887
N32.51141.19873.5874
H41.07602.38873.5874

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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.612      
2 C -0.043      
3 N -0.325      
4 H -0.245      


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 -3.532 3.532
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


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> 36.664
(<r2>)1/2 6.055

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.047028
Energy at 298.15K-131.046435
HF Energy-130.635415
Nuclear repulsion energy46.275343
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 CCD/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' 3039 2931 14.79      
2 A' 2235 2156 25.94      
3 A' 1082 1044 52.71      
4 A' 970 935 20.29      
5 A' 413 398 16.02      
6 A" 304 293 10.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4020.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9645) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3878.0 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.67534 0.35840 0.35086

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.028 -1.322 0.000
C2 0.000 0.107 0.000
N3 -0.124 1.280 0.000
H4 1.034 -1.665 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.42962.60371.1154
C21.42961.17912.0515
N32.60371.17913.1640
H41.11542.05153.1640

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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.047028
Energy at 298.15K-131.046435
HF Energy-130.635415
Nuclear repulsion energy46.275343
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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.67534 0.35840 0.35086

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability