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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/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(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.196405
Energy at 298.15K-131.195790
HF Energy-130.724375
Nuclear repulsion energy47.157380
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(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' 3344 3243        
2 A' 1807 1753        
3 A' 1161 1126        
4 A' 590 573        
5 A' 394 382        
6 A" 427 415        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3861.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9699) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3745.6 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
57.72656 0.36546 0.36316

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.090 -1.233 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.186 1.273 0.000
H4 0.757 -2.072 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32882.52171.0716
C21.32881.19532.2933
N32.52171.19533.4759
H41.07162.29333.4759

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 174.968 C2 C1 H4 145.442
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.194676
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.722351
Nuclear repulsion energy47.272644
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(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 3416 3313        
2 Σ 1670 1619        
3 Σ 1234 1197        
4 Π 424 411        
4 Π 424 411        
5 Π 396i 384i        
5 Π 396i 384i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3187.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9699) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3091.4 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(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.36401

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.214
C2 0.000 0.000 0.084
N3 0.000 0.000 1.294
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.279

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29802.50771.0649
C21.29801.20972.3630
N32.50771.20973.5727
H41.06492.36303.5727

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(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.847      
2 C 0.805      
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> 36.349
(<r2>)1/2 6.029

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.178120
Energy at 298.15K-131.177517
HF Energy-130.662267
Nuclear repulsion energy46.713424
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(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 2958        
2 A' 2049 1988        
3 A' 1054 1022        
4 A' 971 942        
5 A' 425 412        
6 A" 291 283        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3919.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9699) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3801.6 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.74993 0.36638 0.35897

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.088 -1.295 0.000
C2 0.000 0.097 0.000
N3 -0.239 1.255 0.000
H4 1.147 -1.592 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39462.57071.1001
C21.39461.18242.0418
N32.57071.18243.1666
H41.10012.04183.1666

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(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.178120
Energy at 298.15K-131.177517
HF Energy-130.662267
Nuclear repulsion energy46.713424
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(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.74993 0.36638 0.35897

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability