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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.308360
Energy at 298.15K-131.307577
HF Energy-131.308360
Nuclear repulsion energy47.220098
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 PBEPBE/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' 3324 3303 43.19      
2 A' 1785 1773 24.02      
3 A' 1221 1213 3.65      
4 A' 438 435 7.50      
5 A' 335 333 39.49      
6 A" 428 426 0.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3765.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3741.4 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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
122.28910 0.36532 0.36423

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.086 -1.217 0.000
C2 0.000 0.084 0.000
N3 -0.156 1.282 0.000
H4 0.573 -2.174 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30392.51111.0742
C21.30391.20842.3300
N32.51111.20843.5327
H41.07422.33003.5327

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.382 C2 C1 H4 156.799
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.308067
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.308067
Nuclear repulsion energy47.257224
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 PBEPBE/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 3367 3345 65.85      
2 Σ 1757 1746 23.00      
3 Σ 1243 1235 2.69      
4 Π 427 424 0.07      
4 Π 427 424 0.07      
5 Π 246i 244i 44.20      
5 Π 246i 244i 44.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3365.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3343.2 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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.36412

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.212
C2 0.000 0.000 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.295
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.282

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29302.50661.0708
C21.29301.21362.3638
N32.50661.21363.5774
H41.07082.36383.5774

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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.688      
2 C 0.624      
3 N -0.446      
4 H 0.509      


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 -3.240 3.240
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.511 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.511 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.852
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.829 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.829 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.659
Polar
3z2-r23.318
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 3.214 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.214 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.384


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.388
(<r2>)1/2 6.032

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.282459
Energy at 298.15K-131.281870
HF Energy-131.282459
Nuclear repulsion energy46.866029
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 PBEPBE/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' 2997 2978 3.86      
2 A' 2010 1997 16.04      
3 A' 1090 1083 21.48      
4 A' 898 892 63.09      
5 A' 450 447 22.33      
6 A" 293 291 9.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3868.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3843.5 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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.56285 0.37012 0.36289

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.226 -1.259 0.000
C2 0.000 0.089 0.000
N3 -0.380 1.219 0.000
H4 1.303 -1.509 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36682.55071.1055
C21.36681.19192.0622
N32.55071.19193.2055
H41.10552.06223.2055

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.359      
2 C 0.291      
3 N -0.231      
4 H 0.299      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.799 -1.182 0.000 2.153
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.814 -1.852 0.000
y -1.852 -21.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.193
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.038 -1.852 0.000
y -1.852 -5.009 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.971
Polar
3z2-r25.941
x2-y24.698
xy-1.852
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.854 -0.951 0.000
y -0.951 7.224 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 3.436


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.598
(<r2>)1/2 6.050

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.282459
Energy at 298.15K-131.281870
HF Energy-131.282459
Nuclear repulsion energy46.866029
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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.56285 0.37012 0.36289

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability