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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: ROHF/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 ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.700409
Energy at 298.15K-130.700032
HF Energy-130.700409
Nuclear repulsion energy47.532913
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 ROHF/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' 3413 3413 6.00      
2 A' 2523 2523 5.99      
3 A' 1083 1083 4.61      
4 A' 1030 1030 10.82      
5 A' 435 435 4.82      
6 A" 493 493 6.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4488.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4488.0 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 ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
29.64551 0.36871 0.36418

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.291 -1.238 0.000
C2 0.000 0.132 0.000
N3 0.198 1.246 0.000
H4 0.362 -2.082 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40102.53161.0666
C21.40101.13102.2433
N32.53161.13103.3315
H41.06662.24333.3315

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 178.079 C2 C1 H4 130.280
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.684574
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.684574
Nuclear repulsion energy47.927919
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 ROHF/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 3589 3589 111.96      
2 Σ 2433 2433 23.39      
3 Σ 1165 1165 0.52      
4 Π 493 493 0.87      
4 Π 493 493 0.87      
5 Π 959i 959i 68.19      
5 Π 959i 959i 68.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3127.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3127.2 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 ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.36851

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.226
C2 0.000 0.000 0.129
N3 0.000 0.000 1.265
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.278

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35502.49101.0523
C21.35501.13602.4073
N32.49101.13603.5433
H41.05232.40733.5433

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 ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.725      
2 C 0.663      
3 N -0.510      
4 H 0.572      


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 -4.035 4.035
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.487 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.184
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.651 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.651 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.303
Polar
3z2-r22.606
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 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> 36.162
(<r2>)1/2 6.013

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.666424
Energy at 298.15K-130.665968
HF Energy-130.666424
Nuclear repulsion energy47.525840
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 ROHF/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' 3224 3224 3.78      
2 A' 2339 2339 37.83      
3 A' 1135 1135 71.31      
4 A' 1016 1016 19.91      
5 A' 489 489 27.58      
6 A" 355 355 16.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4279.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4279.1 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 ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.13096 0.37619 0.36854

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.253 -1.266 0.000
C2 0.000 0.112 0.000
N3 0.118 1.246 0.000
H4 0.693 -1.801 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40122.53911.0864
C21.40121.13982.0349
N32.53911.13983.1009
H41.08642.03493.1009

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 ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.666424
Energy at 298.15K-130.665968
HF Energy-130.666424
Nuclear repulsion energy47.525840
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 ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at ROHF/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.13096 0.37619 0.36854

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability