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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.247209
Energy at 298.15K-131.246566
HF Energy-130.724557
Nuclear repulsion energy47.406098
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)=FULL/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' 3380 3257        
2 A' 1822 1756        
3 A' 1184 1141        
4 A' 541 521        
5 A' 387 373        
6 A" 437 421        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3875.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3734.6 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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
66.59991 0.36888 0.36685

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.045 -1.227 0.000
C2 0.000 0.091 0.000
N3 -0.130 1.275 0.000
H4 0.642 -2.107 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31832.50791.0639
C21.31831.19142.2899
N32.50791.19143.4693
H41.06392.28993.4693

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.679 C2 C1 H4 147.810
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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.245921
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.722580
Nuclear repulsion energy47.500197
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)=FULL/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 3430 3305        
2 Σ 1704 1642        
3 Σ 1249 1204        
4 Π 445 428        
4 Π 444 428        
5 Π 345i 332i        
5 Π 345i 332i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3290.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3171.3 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(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.36750

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.208
C2 0.000 0.000 0.084
N3 0.000 0.000 1.288
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.267

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29202.49591.0590
C21.29201.20392.3510
N32.49591.20393.5549
H41.05902.35103.5549

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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.844      
2 C 0.797      
3 N -0.512      
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> 36.095
(<r2>)1/2 6.008

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.227700
Energy at 298.15K-131.227110
HF Energy-130.663196
Nuclear repulsion energy46.970589
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)=FULL/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' 3093 2981        
2 A' 2076 2001        
3 A' 1064 1025        
4 A' 973 938        
5 A' 430 415        
6 A" 296 285        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3966.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3822.3 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(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.15307 0.37038 0.36297

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.055 -1.289 0.000
C2 0.000 0.095 0.000
N3 -0.204 1.255 0.000
H4 1.097 -1.617 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38452.55641.0925
C21.38451.17762.0329
N32.55641.17763.1522
H41.09252.03293.1522

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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.227700
Energy at 298.15K-131.227110
HF Energy-130.663196
Nuclear repulsion energy46.970589
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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.15307 0.37038 0.36297

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability