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 C2H (Ethynyl radical)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 2Σ
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-76.501488
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-76.501488
Nuclear repulsion energy19.945826
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 Σ 3407 3360 53.67      
2 Σ 2042 2014 6.02      
3 Π 537i 530i 39.68      
3 Π 537i 530i 39.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2187.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2157.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
B
1.44275

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.481
C2 0.000 0.000 0.740
H3 0.000 0.000 -1.555

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3
C11.22051.0747
C21.22052.2953
H31.07472.2953

picture of Ethynyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C2 C1 H3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.036      
2 C -0.129      
3 H 0.165      


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 -0.767 0.767
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.227 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.227 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -7.961
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.133 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.266
Polar
3z2-r28.531
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 2.154 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.154 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.641


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 13.838
(<r2>)1/2 3.720