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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

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)

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.164255
Energy at 298.15K-130.163944
HF Energy-129.950438
Nuclear repulsion energy47.302570
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 MP2/3-21G
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' 3338 3186 6.96      
2 A' 2129 2032 13.22      
3 A' 1070 1021 27.71      
4 A' 861 822 2.32      
5 A' 496 473 3.13      
6 A" 580 554 3.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4237.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4044.3 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
33.49116 0.36706 0.36308

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.312 -1.222 0.000
C2 0.000 0.118 0.000
N3 0.229 1.251 0.000
H4 0.265 -2.131 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37582.53131.0767
C21.37581.15582.2648
N32.53131.15583.3822
H41.07672.26483.3822

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 178.351 C2 C1 H4 134.521
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.159069
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-129.954973
Nuclear repulsion energy47.531279
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 MP2/3-21G
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 3459 3302 53.94      
2 Σ 1549 1479 31.70      
3 Σ 1215 1159 32.82      
4 Π 574 548 1.33      
4 Π 574 548 1.33      
5 Π 412i 394i 57.23      
5 Π 412i 394i 57.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3273.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3124.3 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 MP2/3-21G
B
0.36732

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.211
C2 0.000 0.000 0.093
N3 0.000 0.000 1.284
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.277

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30422.49541.0656
C21.30421.19122.3698
N32.49541.19123.5610
H41.06562.36983.5610

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 MP2/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.013      
2 C 0.091      
3 N -0.433      
4 H 0.329      


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 -3.323 3.323
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.318 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.318 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.079
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.620 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.620 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.240
Polar
3z2-r22.479
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 1.235 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.397


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.141
(<r2>)1/2 6.012

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

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.146908
Energy at 298.15K-130.146445
HF Energy-129.877034
Nuclear repulsion energy46.124093
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 MP2/3-21G
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' 3005 2868 27.87      
2 A' 2248 2146 13.81      
3 A' 1112 1061 85.56      
4 A' 885 844 1.67      
5 A' 429 410 18.73      
6 A" 436 417 10.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4057.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3872.5 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
17.90575 0.35566 0.34874

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.002 -1.318 0.000
C2 0.000 0.104 0.000
N3 -0.150 1.285 0.000
H4 1.039 -1.708 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.42182.60741.1083
C21.42181.19072.0889
N32.60741.19073.2209
H41.10832.08893.2209

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 MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.146908
Energy at 298.15K-130.146445
HF Energy-129.877034
Nuclear repulsion energy46.124093
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 MP2/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/3-21G
ABC
17.90575 0.35566 0.34874

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability