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 HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.385369
Energy at 298.15K-131.384705
HF Energy-131.385369
Nuclear repulsion energy47.290508
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3421 3255 36.12      
2 A' 1829 1741 36.43      
3 A' 1242 1182 8.25      
4 A' 495 471 29.37      
5 A' 395 376 16.57      
6 A" 449 428 1.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3915.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3725.5 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
79.40398 0.36704 0.36535

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.075 -1.223 0.000
C2 0.000 0.087 0.000
N3 -0.157 1.277 0.000
H4 0.649 -2.126 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31202.51061.0704
C21.31201.20032.3065
N32.51061.20033.4974
H41.07042.30653.4974

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.760 C2 C1 H4 150.836
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.384636
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.384636
Nuclear repulsion energy47.350972
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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 3482 3313 70.22      
2 Σ 1757 1672 40.63      
3 Σ 1287 1225 5.68      
4 Π 452 430 0.86      
4 Π 452 430 0.86      
5 Π 303i 288i 50.75      
5 Π 303i 288i 50.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3412.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3246.5 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
B
0.36539

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.211
C2 0.000 0.000 0.082
N3 0.000 0.000 1.292
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.276

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29292.50271.0655
C21.29291.20982.3584
N32.50271.20983.5682
H41.06552.35843.5682

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 mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.038      
2 C 0.281      
3 N -0.481      
4 H 0.237      


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 -3.294 3.294
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.875 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.875 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.086
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.895 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.895 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.790
Polar
3z2-r23.579
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 1.638 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.638 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.129


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.868
(<r2>)1/2 5.989

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.352029
Energy at 298.15K-131.351471
HF Energy-131.352029
Nuclear repulsion energy46.999560
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3106 2955 10.56      
2 A' 2135 2032 18.98      
3 A' 1105 1051 35.13      
4 A' 934 888 51.54      
5 A' 445 424 24.01      
6 A" 321 306 10.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4023.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3827.8 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
18.30208 0.37154 0.36415

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.096 -1.280 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.246 1.247 0.000
H4 1.148 -1.601 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37452.54961.0996
C21.37451.18132.0453
N32.54961.18133.1711
H41.09962.04533.1711

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.082      
2 C 0.319      
3 N -0.416      
4 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.794 -1.394 0.000 2.272
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.546 -2.310 0.000
y -2.310 -20.687 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.538
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.566 -2.310 0.000
y -2.310 -4.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.078
Polar
3z2-r26.157
x2-y24.140
xy-2.310
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.419 -0.835 0.000
y -0.835 6.061 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.194


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.106
(<r2>)1/2 6.009

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.352029
Energy at 298.15K-131.351471
HF Energy-131.352029
Nuclear repulsion energy46.999560
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
18.30208 0.37154 0.36415

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability