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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G

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 CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.177421
Energy at 298.15K-130.176955
HF Energy-129.955487
Nuclear repulsion energy47.151131
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 CISD/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' 3376 3178 13.37      
2 A' 1795 1689 39.22      
3 A' 1178 1109 11.69      
4 A' 636 598 12.50      
5 A' 449 423 7.05      
6 A" 522 491 1.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3977.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3744.3 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 CISD/3-21G
ABC
50.23639 0.36569 0.36305

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.128 -1.234 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 0.048 1.285 0.000
H4 0.430 -2.150 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.33252.52461.0726
C21.33251.19312.2833
N32.52461.19313.4557
H41.07262.28333.4557

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.805 C2 C1 H4 143.141
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.175996
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-129.956377
Nuclear repulsion energy47.241962
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 CISD/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 3451 3249 46.50      
2 Σ 1587 1494 49.41      
3 Σ 1269 1194 4.98      
4 Π 541 509 1.65      
4 Π 541 509 1.65      
5 Π 199i 187i 52.35      
5 Π 199i 187i 52.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3495.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3290.4 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 CISD/3-21G
B
0.36378

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.213
C2 0.000 0.000 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.296
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.279

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29372.50851.0658
C21.29371.21482.3594
N32.50851.21483.5743
H41.06582.35943.5743

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 CISD/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.023      
2 C 0.084      
3 N -0.433      
4 H 0.326      


Electric dipole moments


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> 36.389
(<r2>)1/2 6.032

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.134582
Energy at 298.15K-130.134159
HF Energy-129.879567
Nuclear repulsion energy46.608759
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 CISD/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' 3027 2849 21.53      
2 A' 2195 2066 29.85      
3 A' 1109 1044 88.24      
4 A' 914 860 2.02      
5 A' 465 437 22.19      
6 A" 438 412 7.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4073.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3834.1 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 CISD/3-21G
ABC
18.14933 0.36334 0.35621

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.059 -1.302 0.000
C2 0.000 0.103 0.000
N3 -0.086 1.277 0.000
H4 0.955 -1.744 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40642.57891.1058
C21.40641.17672.0794
N32.57891.17673.1951
H41.10582.07943.1951

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 CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.134582
Energy at 298.15K-130.134159
HF Energy-129.879567
Nuclear repulsion energy46.608759
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 CISD/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CISD/3-21G
ABC
18.14933 0.36334 0.35621

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability