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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: ROHF/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 ROHF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.925833
Energy at 298.15K-129.925570
HF Energy-129.925833
Nuclear repulsion energy47.404624
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 ROHF/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' 3438 3118 4.90      
2 A' 2533 2297 0.12      
3 A' 1088 987 10.31      
4 A' 1057 959 8.69      
5 A' 507 460 2.94      
6 A" 572 519 2.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4597.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.907) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4169.9 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 ROHF/3-21G
ABC
29.27828 0.36802 0.36346

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.336 -1.226 0.000
C2 0.000 0.126 0.000
N3 0.246 1.242 0.000
H4 0.290 -2.089 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39252.53511.0666
C21.39251.14292.2338
N32.53511.14293.3312
H41.06662.23383.3312

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 178.495 C2 C1 H4 130.102
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.910716
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-129.910716
Nuclear repulsion energy47.768461
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 ROHF/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 3617 3280 86.15      
2 Σ 2435 2208 4.43      
3 Σ 1170 1061 2.56      
4 Π 582 528 0.41      
4 Π 582 528 0.41      
5 Π 853i 774i 79.09      
5 Π 853i 774i 79.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3339.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.907) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3028.8 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 ROHF/3-21G
B
0.36703

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.226
C2 0.000 0.000 0.123
N3 0.000 0.000 1.271
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.278

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34852.49681.0518
C21.34851.14842.4002
N32.49681.14843.5486
H41.05182.40023.5486

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 ROHF/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.046      
2 C 0.168      
3 N -0.506      
4 H 0.384      


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 -3.674 3.674
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.356 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.321
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.517 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.517 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.035
Polar
3z2-r22.069
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 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> 36.227
(<r2>)1/2 6.019

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.881329
Energy at 298.15K-129.881025
HF Energy-129.881329
Nuclear repulsion energy47.361352
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 ROHF/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' 3208 2910 10.79      
2 A' 2318 2102 32.16      
3 A' 1159 1052 110.18      
4 A' 967 877 0.97      
5 A' 533 483 31.62      
6 A" 496 450 9.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4340.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.907) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3937.0 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 ROHF/3-21G
ABC
19.17607 0.37411 0.36695

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.219 -1.265 0.000
C2 0.000 0.106 0.000
N3 0.087 1.256 0.000
H4 0.706 -1.839 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38882.54001.0885
C21.38881.15342.0695
N32.54001.15343.1568
H41.08852.06953.1568

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 ROHF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.881329
Energy at 298.15K-129.881025
HF Energy-129.881329
Nuclear repulsion energy47.361352
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 ROHF/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at ROHF/3-21G
ABC
19.17607 0.37411 0.36695

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability