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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.119769
Energy at 298.15K-131.119176
HF Energy-130.691853
Nuclear repulsion energy47.188790
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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3394 3215 29.27      
2 A' 1839 1742 43.04      
3 A' 1174 1112 11.15      
4 A' 590 559 30.12      
5 A' 403 382 5.20      
6 A" 448 425 1.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3924.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3717.9 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
57.70964 0.36599 0.36368

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.055 -1.234 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.147 1.278 0.000
H4 0.699 -2.090 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32702.52001.0713
C21.32701.19512.2914
N32.52001.19513.4728
H41.07132.29143.4728

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.313 C2 C1 H4 145.448
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.118140
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.689891
Nuclear repulsion energy47.326813
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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3482 3299 74.15      
2 Σ 1698 1609 52.09      
3 Σ 1252 1186 6.17      
4 Π 445 421 0.16      
4 Π 445 421 0.16      
5 Π 401i 379i 48.86      
5 Π 401i 379i 48.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3260.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3088.7 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
B
0.36491

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

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 0.083
N3 0.000 0.000 1.293
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.276

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29502.50461.0638
C21.29501.20962.3588
N32.50461.20963.5684
H41.06382.35883.5684

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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.247      
2 C 0.180      
3 N -0.206      
4 H 0.273      


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 -3.288 3.288
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


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> 35.992
(<r2>)1/2 5.999

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.094997
Energy at 298.15K-131.094444
HF Energy-130.629525
Nuclear repulsion energy46.768822
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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3094 2931 11.15      
2 A' 2124 2013 42.24      
3 A' 1070 1014 72.02      
4 A' 979 928 0.63      
5 A' 444 420 19.15      
6 A" 320 303 12.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4015.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3804.4 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
17.47457 0.36691 0.35936

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.053 -1.300 0.000
C2 0.000 0.098 0.000
N3 -0.095 1.271 0.000
H4 0.980 -1.685 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39962.57141.1018
C21.39961.17632.0346
N32.57141.17633.1449
H41.10182.03463.1449

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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.094997
Energy at 298.15K-131.094444
HF Energy-130.629525
Nuclear repulsion energy46.768822
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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
17.47457 0.36691 0.35936

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability