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All results from a given calculation for HCCCN (Cyanoacetylene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.601890
Energy at 298.15K-168.601471
Nuclear repulsion energy76.356747
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 BLYP/3-21G
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 3411 3392 68.62      
2 Σ 2279 2266 14.48      
3 Σ 2099 2087 0.60      
4 Σ 890 885 0.01      
5 Π 805 801 4.19      
5 Π 805 801 4.19      
6 Π 691 687 41.12      
6 Π 691 687 41.12      
7 Π 264 262 0.13      
7 Π 264 262 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6099.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6065.7 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 BLYP/3-21G
B
0.15027

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 1.916
C2 0.000 0.000 0.733
C3 0.000 0.000 -0.631
C4 0.000 0.000 -1.851
H5 0.000 0.000 -2.920

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 H5
N11.18372.54783.76714.8361
C21.18371.36412.58343.6524
C32.54781.36411.21932.2883
C43.76712.58341.21931.0690
H54.83613.65242.28831.0690

picture of Cyanoacetylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C3 C4 180.000
C3 C4 H5 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.459      
2 C 0.087      
3 C 0.353      
4 C -0.236      
5 H 0.255      


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 -3.468 3.468
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.368 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.368 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.392
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.988 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.988 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.977
Polar
3z2-r23.954
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 1.532 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.200


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.955
(<r2>)1/2 8.600