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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.307622
Energy at 298.15K-131.306897
HF Energy-131.307622
Nuclear repulsion energy47.500789
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 HSEh1PBE/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 A' 3405 3270 42.41      
2 A' 1803 1732 38.79      
3 A' 1241 1192 8.05      
4 A' 466 448 10.15      
5 A' 346 332 37.63      
6 A" 455 437 1.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3858.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3705.3 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
103.10437 0.36971 0.36839

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.056 -1.215 0.000
C2 0.000 0.087 0.000
N3 -0.127 1.276 0.000
H4 0.556 -2.160 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30362.49791.0691
C21.30361.19552.3150
N32.49791.19553.5032
H41.06912.31503.5032

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.344 C2 C1 H4 154.554
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.307281
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.307281
Nuclear repulsion energy47.553660
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 HSEh1PBE/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 Σ 3456 3319 69.54      
2 Σ 1745 1676 42.06      
3 Σ 1276 1225 5.87      
4 Π 455 437 0.42      
4 Π 455 437 0.42      
5 Π 231i 222i 48.24      
5 Π 231i 222i 48.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3462.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3325.6 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
B
0.36853

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.205
C2 0.000 0.000 0.083
N3 0.000 0.000 1.286
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.270

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28842.49141.0648
C21.28841.20312.3532
N32.49141.20313.5563
H41.06482.35323.5563

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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.051      
2 C 0.028      
3 N -0.249      
4 H 0.170      


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 -3.258 3.258
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.206 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.383
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.911 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.911 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.822
Polar
3z2-r23.644
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 1.915 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.339


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.857
(<r2>)1/2 5.988

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.275356
Energy at 298.15K-131.274822
HF Energy-131.275356
Nuclear repulsion energy47.182294
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 HSEh1PBE/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 A' 3090 2967 6.01      
2 A' 2123 2039 22.02      
3 A' 1100 1056 34.83      
4 A' 937 900 48.13      
5 A' 462 443 25.20      
6 A" 324 311 10.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4017.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3858.2 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
18.31440 0.37442 0.36692

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.054 -1.278 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.202 1.249 0.000
H4 1.095 -1.631 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37072.53981.0997
C21.37071.17482.0418
N32.53981.17483.1593
H41.09972.04183.1593

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.035      
2 C 0.091      
3 N -0.226      
4 H 0.171      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.771 -1.415 0.000 2.267
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.980 -2.536 0.000
y -2.536 -20.937 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.825
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.401 -2.536 0.000
y -2.536 -4.534 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.134
Polar
3z2-r26.267
x2-y23.957
xy-2.536
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.581 -0.617 0.000
y -0.617 6.325 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.434


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.122
(<r2>)1/2 6.010

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.275356
Energy at 298.15K-131.274822
HF Energy-131.275356
Nuclear repulsion energy47.182294
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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
18.31440 0.37442 0.36692

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability