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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.392086
Energy at 298.15K-131.391376
HF Energy-131.392086
Nuclear repulsion energy47.467854
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3427 3272 42.81      
2 A' 1802 1720 44.46      
3 A' 1246 1190 8.36      
4 A' 468 447 12.04      
5 A' 359 343 33.85      
6 A" 458 437 1.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3879.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3704.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
101.88881 0.36933 0.36800

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.090 -1.214 0.000
C2 0.000 0.086 0.000
N3 -0.165 1.273 0.000
H4 0.617 -2.142 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30262.49941.0680
C21.30261.19832.3120
N32.49941.19833.5034
H41.06802.31203.5034

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.030 C2 C1 H4 154.341
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.391687
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.391687
Nuclear repulsion energy47.523962
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3485 3327 70.69      
2 Σ 1745 1666 48.23      
3 Σ 1282 1224 5.51      
4 Π 459 438 0.60      
4 Π 459 438 0.60      
5 Π 259i 247i 46.28      
5 Π 259i 247i 46.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3455.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3299.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
B
0.36816

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.205
C2 0.000 0.000 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.288
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.269

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28682.49301.0636
C21.28681.20612.3505
N32.49301.20613.5566
H41.06362.35053.5566

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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.219      
2 C 0.306      
3 N -0.346      
4 H 0.260      


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 -3.266 3.266
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.827 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.827 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.965
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.931 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.931 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.862
Polar
3z2-r23.723
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 2.031 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.031 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.172


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.633
(<r2>)1/2 5.969

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.359981
Energy at 298.15K-131.359454
HF Energy-131.359981
Nuclear repulsion energy47.130886
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3097 2957 7.29      
2 A' 2127 2031 23.42      
3 A' 1100 1050 39.36      
4 A' 946 903 43.49      
5 A' 467 446 24.34      
6 A" 327 313 12.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4031.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3849.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
18.25726 0.37365 0.36615

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.032 -1.280 0.000
C2 0.000 0.091 0.000
N3 -0.180 1.254 0.000
H4 1.069 -1.648 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37162.54291.1003
C21.37161.17672.0412
N32.54291.17673.1592
H41.10032.04123.1592

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.253      
2 C 0.332      
3 N -0.292      
4 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.622 -1.442 0.000 2.170
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.674 -2.373 0.000
y -2.373 -20.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.573
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.295 -2.373 0.000
y -2.373 -4.242 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.947
Polar
3z2-r25.893
x2-y23.691
xy-2.373
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.601 -0.595 0.000
y -0.595 6.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.464


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.933
(<r2>)1/2 5.994

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.359981
Energy at 298.15K-131.359454
HF Energy-131.359981
Nuclear repulsion energy47.130886
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
18.25726 0.37365 0.36615

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability