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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP2/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 MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.135658
Energy at 298.15K-131.135256
HF Energy-130.721088
Nuclear repulsion energy47.647913
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 MP2/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' 3349 3191 17.50      
2 A' 2328 2219 0.11      
3 A' 1061 1011 30.40      
4 A' 825 786 6.90      
5 A' 440 419 5.01      
6 A" 521 497 7.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4262.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9529) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4061.5 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 MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
35.20153 0.37149 0.36761

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.272 -1.224 0.000
C2 0.000 0.122 0.000
N3 0.189 1.248 0.000
H4 0.313 -2.122 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37292.51411.0720
C21.37291.14152.2656
N32.51411.14153.3720
H41.07202.26563.3720

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 178.078 C2 C1 H4 135.488
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.130590
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.720756
Nuclear repulsion energy47.969492
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 MP2/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 3476 3313 77.37      
2 Σ 1744 1662 31.56      
3 Σ 1176 1120 48.47      
4 Π 505 481 0.91      
4 Π 505 481 0.91      
5 Π 506i 482i 50.35      
5 Π 506i 482i 50.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3196.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9529) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3046.0 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 MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.37313

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.206
C2 0.000 0.000 0.102
N3 0.000 0.000 1.269
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.267

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30792.47501.0612
C21.30791.16702.3691
N32.47501.16703.5361
H41.06122.36913.5361

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 MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.783      
2 C 0.754      
3 N -0.539      
4 H 0.568      


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 -3.799 3.799
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.658 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.658 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.873
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.893 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.893 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.786
Polar
3z2-r23.572
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 3.083 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.097


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.858
(<r2>)1/2 5.988

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.134258
Energy at 298.15K-131.133694
HF Energy-130.662621
Nuclear repulsion energy46.722266
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 MP2/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' 3096 2950 6.06      
2 A' 2216 2112 9.81      
3 A' 1067 1016 75.49      
4 A' 980 934 0.58      
5 A' 419 400 17.36      
6 A" 325 309 14.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4051.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9529) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3860.6 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 MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.78657 0.36617 0.35878

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.069 -1.298 0.000
C2 0.000 0.098 0.000
N3 -0.220 1.258 0.000
H4 1.123 -1.604 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39762.57201.0970
C21.39761.18052.0391
N32.57201.18053.1612
H41.09702.03913.1612

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 MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.134258
Energy at 298.15K-131.133694
HF Energy-130.662621
Nuclear repulsion energy46.722266
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 MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.78657 0.36617 0.35878

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability