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All results from a given calculation for C2 (Carbon diatomic)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D*H 1Σg+
2 1 yes D*H 3Πu

State 1 (1Σg+)

Jump to S2C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.866198
Energy at 298.15K-75.863172
HF Energy-75.866198
Nuclear repulsion energy15.249872
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σg 1899 1817 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 949.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 908.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
B
1.80041

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.625
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.625

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.2492
C21.2492

picture of Carbon diatomic state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.000      
2 C 0.000      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.148 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.148 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.816
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.666 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.666 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.331
Polar
3z2-r26.663
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 6.637 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.637 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.760


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 11.575
(<r2>)1/2 3.402

State 2 (3Πu)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.906328
Energy at 298.15K-75.903300
HF Energy-75.906328
Nuclear repulsion energy14.606212
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σg 1713 1639 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 856.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 819.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
B
1.65163

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.652
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.652

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.3043
C21.3043

picture of Carbon diatomic state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.000      
2 C 0.000      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.486 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.460 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.203
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.846 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.116 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.730
Polar
3z2-r2-1.460
x2-y21.975
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.626 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.755 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.708


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 12.421
(<r2>)1/2 3.524