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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.277312
Energy at 298.15K-131.276641
HF Energy-131.277312
Nuclear repulsion energy47.275445
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/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3417 3261 37.50      
2 A' 1831 1748 35.40      
3 A' 1246 1189 7.67      
4 A' 488 466 28.39      
5 A' 392 375 19.29      
6 A" 449 429 1.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3911.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3732.9 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/6-31G**
ABC
82.31673 0.36675 0.36512

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.071 -1.223 0.000
C2 0.000 0.087 0.000
N3 -0.151 1.279 0.000
H4 0.633 -2.134 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31132.51101.0713
C21.31131.20132.3097
N32.51101.20133.5019
H41.07132.30973.5019

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.868 C2 C1 H4 151.414
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.276626
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.276626
Nuclear repulsion energy47.332858
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/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3476 3317 70.79      
2 Σ 1763 1683 40.06      
3 Σ 1288 1229 5.47      
4 Π 451 431 0.87      
4 Π 451 431 0.87      
5 Π 301i 287i 50.47      
5 Π 301i 287i 50.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3414.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3258.1 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/6-31G**
B
0.36513

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/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 1.293
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.277

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29322.50351.0666
C21.29321.21032.3598
N32.50351.21033.5701
H41.06662.35983.5701

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/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.041      
2 C 0.276      
3 N -0.470      
4 H 0.235      


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 -3.288 3.288
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.900 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.900 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.106
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.897 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.897 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.794
Polar
3z2-r23.589
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 1.639 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.639 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.140


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.903
(<r2>)1/2 5.992

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.243824
Energy at 298.15K-131.243263
HF Energy-131.243824
Nuclear repulsion energy46.980735
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/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3099 2957 10.45      
2 A' 2132 2035 18.73      
3 A' 1107 1056 32.77      
4 A' 928 885 54.08      
5 A' 445 425 23.90      
6 A" 321 306 10.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4015.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3832.1 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/6-31G**
ABC
18.30584 0.37132 0.36393

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.102 -1.279 0.000
C2 0.000 0.091 0.000
N3 -0.253 1.246 0.000
H4 1.156 -1.599 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37402.55001.1009
C21.37401.18232.0477
N32.55001.18233.1748
H41.10092.04773.1748

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.081      
2 C 0.311      
3 N -0.407      
4 H 0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.793 -1.381 0.000 2.263
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.558 -2.283 0.000
y -2.283 -20.722 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.560
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.583 -2.283 0.000
y -2.283 -4.663 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.080
Polar
3z2-r26.161
x2-y24.164
xy-2.283
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.433 -0.858 0.000
y -0.858 6.065 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.195


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.139
(<r2>)1/2 6.012

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.243824
Energy at 298.15K-131.243263
HF Energy-131.243824
Nuclear repulsion energy46.980735
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/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
18.30584 0.37132 0.36393

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability