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

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pCVDZ

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 MP2/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.703266
Energy at 298.15K-75.700240
HF Energy-75.386656
Nuclear repulsion energy14.940081
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/cc-pCVDZ
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 1869 1787 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 934.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 893.4 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 MP2/cc-pCVDZ
B
1.72800

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pCVDZ

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.638
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.638

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.2751
C21.2751

picture of Carbon diatomic state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 (3Πu)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pCVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.695230
Energy at 298.15K-75.692201
HF Energy-75.480298
Nuclear repulsion energy14.281209
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/cc-pCVDZ
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 1645 1573 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 822.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 786.2 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 MP2/cc-pCVDZ
B
1.57895

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pCVDZ

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.667
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.667

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.3339
C21.3339

picture of Carbon diatomic state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability