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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

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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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.197978
Energy at 298.15K-131.197337
HF Energy-130.724320
Nuclear repulsion energy47.117146
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3337 3227        
2 A' 1805 1745        
3 A' 1158 1119        
4 A' 583 563        
5 A' 382 369        
6 A" 418 404        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3841.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3713.7 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
57.63235 0.36491 0.36261

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.088 -1.234 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.183 1.275 0.000
H4 0.753 -2.074 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32862.52371.0717
C21.32861.19752.2931
N32.52371.19753.4777
H41.07172.29313.4777

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.004 C2 C1 H4 145.416
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.196214
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.722299
Nuclear repulsion energy47.230243
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3412 3299        
2 Σ 1677 1621        
3 Σ 1230 1189        
4 Π 421 407        
4 Π 421 407        
5 Π 397i 384i        
5 Π 397i 384i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3182.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3076.9 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.36338

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.215
C2 0.000 0.000 0.084
N3 0.000 0.000 1.295
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.280

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29862.51001.0653
C21.29861.21142.3639
N32.51001.21143.5753
H41.06532.36393.5753

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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.849      
2 C 0.806      
3 N -0.509      
4 H 0.552      


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> 36.394
(<r2>)1/2 6.033

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.179082
Energy at 298.15K-131.178476
HF Energy-130.662085
Nuclear repulsion energy46.694534
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3049 2947        
2 A' 2039 1971        
3 A' 1053 1018        
4 A' 970 937        
5 A' 424 410        
6 A" 290 280        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3912.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3782.2 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.74740 0.36613 0.35873

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.101 -1.294 0.000
C2 0.000 0.097 0.000
N3 -0.253 1.253 0.000
H4 1.163 -1.582 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39462.57141.1002
C21.39461.18332.0422
N32.57141.18333.1685
H41.10022.04223.1685

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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.179082
Energy at 298.15K-131.178476
HF Energy-130.662085
Nuclear repulsion energy46.694534
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.74740 0.36613 0.35873

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability