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All results from a given calculation for C3H3N (acrylonitrile)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.820401
Energy at 298.15K-168.823123
Nuclear repulsion energy91.044299
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 HF/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 A' 3423 3100 3.13      
2 A' 3368 3050 1.18      
3 A' 3337 3022 1.01      
4 A' 2587 2342 13.16      
5 A' 1836 1662 0.22      
6 A' 1607 1455 8.44      
7 A' 1468 1330 0.60      
8 A' 1243 1126 6.51      
9 A' 932 844 3.34      
10 A' 682 617 0.04      
11 A' 291 264 2.08      
12 A" 1179 1068 15.23      
13 A" 1129 1023 73.24      
14 A" 843 764 14.92      
15 A" 438 397 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12181.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9056) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11031.1 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 HF/3-21G
ABC
1.71242 0.16857 0.15346

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.582 -0.531 0.000
N2 -1.049 -1.571 0.000
C3 0.000 0.772 0.000
H4 -0.693 1.590 0.000
C5 1.303 0.973 0.000
H6 2.004 0.162 0.000
H7 1.705 1.967 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 C3 H4 C5 H6 H7
C11.14031.42712.12422.41192.67763.3869
N21.14032.56743.18153.46543.51134.4839
C31.42712.56741.07231.31872.09502.0823
H42.12423.18151.07232.08943.05192.4277
C52.41193.46541.31872.08941.07201.0717
H62.67763.51132.09503.05191.07201.8290
H73.38694.48392.08232.42771.07171.8290

picture of acrylonitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H4 115.675 C1 C3 C5 122.853
N2 C1 C3 179.879 C3 C5 H6 122.054
C3 C5 H7 120.825 H4 C3 C5 121.473
H6 C5 H7 117.120
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.284 0.535   0.544
2 N -0.503 -0.515   -0.505
3 C -0.209 -0.327   -0.390
4 H 0.287 0.192   0.228
5 C -0.358 -0.224   -0.264
6 H 0.253 0.171   0.196
7 H 0.245 0.168   0.191


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.086 3.452 0.000 4.033
CHELPG 2.087 3.450 0.000 4.032
AIM        
ESP 2.073 3.446 0.000 4.021


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.250 -2.827 0.000
y -2.827 -26.130 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.102
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.366 -2.827 0.000
y -2.827 -2.454 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.912
Polar
3z2-r2-1.824
x2-y23.880
xy-2.827
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.916 1.779 0.000
y 1.779 5.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.564


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.291
(<r2>)1/2 8.792