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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ

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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.173018
Energy at 298.15K-131.172411
HF Energy-130.724499
Nuclear repulsion energy47.289469
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 CCSD/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' 3360 3211 25.33      
2 A' 1828 1747 41.49      
3 A' 1163 1112 12.11      
4 A' 600 573 26.15      
5 A' 393 376 3.55      
6 A" 430 411 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3886.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3714.9 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
56.72520 0.36737 0.36501

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.071 -1.232 0.000
C2 0.000 0.095 0.000
N3 -0.166 1.272 0.000
H4 0.730 -2.075 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32892.51541.0700
C21.32891.18892.2896
N32.51541.18893.4651
H41.07002.28963.4651

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.076 C2 C1 H4 145.067
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.171204
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.722468
Nuclear repulsion energy47.418001
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 CCSD/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 3435 3283 65.53      
2 Σ 1668 1594 48.62      
3 Σ 1241 1186 6.95      
4 Π 428 410 0.00      
4 Π 428 410 0.00      
5 Π 403i 386i 45.09      
5 Π 403i 386i 45.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3196.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3055.3 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.36613

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.211
C2 0.000 0.000 0.086
N3 0.000 0.000 1.289
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.274

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29642.50021.0633
C21.29641.20382.3597
N32.50021.20383.5635
H41.06332.35973.5635

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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.826      
2 C 0.794      
3 N -0.526      
4 H 0.558      


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> 36.198
(<r2>)1/2 6.016

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.150216
Energy at 298.15K-131.149643
HF Energy-130.664096
Nuclear repulsion energy46.882960
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 CCSD/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' 3069 2933 7.34      
2 A' 2137 2043 41.96      
3 A' 1071 1024 71.25      
4 A' 983 940 3.06      
5 A' 436 417 18.85      
6 A" 303 290 11.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3999.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3822.8 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.60670 0.36831 0.36077

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.033 -1.299 0.000
C2 0.000 0.101 0.000
N3 -0.115 1.266 0.000
H4 1.001 -1.671 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40002.56601.0987
C21.40001.17072.0346
N32.56601.17073.1412
H41.09872.03463.1412

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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.150216
Energy at 298.15K-131.149643
HF Energy-130.664096
Nuclear repulsion energy46.882960
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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.60670 0.36831 0.36077

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability