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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

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

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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)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.099301
Energy at 298.15K-131.098810
HF Energy-130.690872
Nuclear repulsion energy47.629317
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 CCD/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' 3397 3218 27.02      
2 A' 1948 1845 39.43      
3 A' 1145 1085 33.49      
4 A' 667 632 16.44      
5 A' 422 400 4.43      
6 A" 503 476 4.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4041.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3827.7 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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
48.08765 0.37205 0.36920

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.090 -1.232 0.000
C2 0.000 0.105 0.000
N3 0.004 1.269 0.000
H4 0.511 -2.120 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34032.50271.0716
C21.34031.16372.2827
N32.50271.16373.4262
H41.07162.28273.4262

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.357 C2 C1 H4 142.088
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.097305
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.689468
Nuclear repulsion energy47.792381
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 CCD/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 3510 3324 77.33      
2 Σ 1603 1519 74.02      
3 Σ 1270 1203 39.18      
4 Π 492 466 0.56      
4 Π 492 466 0.56      
5 Π 374i 354i 51.09      
5 Π 374i 354i 51.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3309.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3134.8 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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
B
0.37175

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.202
C2 0.000 0.000 0.089
N3 0.000 0.000 1.278
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29142.48021.0624
C21.29141.18882.3538
N32.48021.18883.5425
H41.06242.35383.5425

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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.255      
2 C 0.189      
3 N -0.214      
4 H 0.279      


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 -3.487 3.487
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> 35.528
(<r2>)1/2 5.961

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.086980
Energy at 298.15K-131.086446
HF Energy-130.630552
Nuclear repulsion energy46.830825
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 CCD/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' 3096 2932 11.37      
2 A' 2265 2145 23.77      
3 A' 1086 1029 65.69      
4 A' 978 926 7.98      
5 A' 440 417 18.57      
6 A" 338 320 14.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4101.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3884.7 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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
17.27319 0.36715 0.35951

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.104 -1.301 0.000
C2 0.000 0.104 0.000
N3 -0.042 1.270 0.000
H4 0.920 -1.709 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40842.57201.1021
C21.40841.16752.0327
N32.57201.16753.1309
H41.10212.03273.1309

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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.086980
Energy at 298.15K-131.086446
HF Energy-130.630552
Nuclear repulsion energy46.830825
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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
17.27319 0.36715 0.35951

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability