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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.278456
Energy at 298.15K-131.277712
HF Energy-131.278456
Nuclear repulsion energy46.840038
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3321 3301 38.69      
2 A' 1801 1790 25.17      
3 A' 1215 1208 3.48      
4 A' 447 445 25.40      
5 A' 377 374 21.56      
6 A" 415 412 0.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3787.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9939) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3764.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
94.39989 0.35996 0.35860

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.102 -1.228 0.000
C2 0.000 0.085 0.000
N3 -0.181 1.288 0.000
H4 0.655 -2.159 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31692.53221.0834
C21.31691.21692.3379
N32.53221.21693.5475
H41.08342.33793.5475

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.884 C2 C1 H4 153.677
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.277839
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.277839
Nuclear repulsion energy46.891722
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3376 3356 67.21      
2 Σ 1768 1758 24.02      
3 Σ 1242 1235 2.32      
4 Π 417 414 0.03      
4 Π 417 414 0.03      
5 Π 332i 330i 44.96      
5 Π 332i 330i 44.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3278.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9939) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3258.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
B
0.35849

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.221
C2 0.000 0.000 0.082
N3 0.000 0.000 1.305
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.300

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30322.52631.0786
C21.30321.22312.3817
N32.52631.22313.6049
H41.07862.38173.6049

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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.660      
2 C 0.128      
3 N -0.356      
4 H -0.432      


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 -3.254 3.254
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.582 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.582 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.817
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.883 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.883 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.765
Polar
3z2-r23.530
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 3.132 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.132 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.477


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.814
(<r2>)1/2 6.067

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.253488
Energy at 298.15K-131.252862
HF Energy-131.253488
Nuclear repulsion energy46.488636
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 2995 2977 5.82      
2 A' 2012 2000 16.73      
3 A' 1085 1079 20.39      
4 A' 901 895 60.10      
5 A' 436 433 21.41      
6 A" 274 272 7.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3851.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9939) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3827.9 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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.87567 0.36458 0.35729

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.293 -1.256 0.000
C2 0.000 0.091 0.000
N3 -0.450 1.205 0.000
H4 1.393 -1.439 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37872.57101.1155
C21.37871.20162.0696
N32.57101.20163.2236
H41.11552.06963.2236

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.069      
2 C 0.326      
3 N -0.246      
4 H -0.149      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.859 -1.077 0.000 2.149
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.716 -1.606 0.000
y -1.606 -21.777 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.207
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.276 -1.606 0.000
y -1.606 -5.316 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.040
Polar
3z2-r26.080
x2-y25.061
xy-1.606
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.962 -1.164 0.000
y -1.164 7.179 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.346


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.018
(<r2>)1/2 6.084

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.253488
Energy at 298.15K-131.252862
HF Energy-131.253488
Nuclear repulsion energy46.488636
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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.87567 0.36458 0.35729

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability