return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

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=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.704616
Energy at 298.15K-75.701590
HF Energy-75.378497
Nuclear repulsion energy15.073542
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=FULL/6-31G**
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 1909 1784 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 954.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 891.8 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
B
1.75901

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.632
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.632

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.2638
C21.2638

picture of Carbon diatomic state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 (3Πu)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.694690
Energy at 298.15K-75.691661
HF Energy-75.470902
Nuclear repulsion energy14.415913
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=FULL/6-31G**
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 1680 1570 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 840.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 785.0 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
B
1.60887

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.661
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.661

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.3215
C21.3215

picture of Carbon diatomic state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability