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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/TZVP

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/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.427394
Energy at 298.15K-131.426684
HF Energy-131.427394
Nuclear repulsion energy47.579423
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/TZVP
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' 3407 3251 43.29      
2 A' 1808 1725 35.79      
3 A' 1241 1183 8.23      
4 A' 469 447 16.96      
5 A' 368 351 30.30      
6 A" 442 421 0.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3867.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.954) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3689.4 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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
ABC
96.79494 0.37105 0.36964

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.075 -1.213 0.000
C2 0.000 0.088 0.000
N3 -0.151 1.271 0.000
H4 0.603 -2.141 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30302.49391.0680
C21.30301.19242.3092
N32.49391.19243.4942
H41.06802.30923.4942

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.050 C2 C1 H4 153.652
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.426914
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.426914
Nuclear repulsion energy47.631365
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/TZVP
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 3460 3300 72.95      
2 Σ 1744 1664 38.63      
3 Σ 1279 1220 5.70      
4 Π 436 416 0.07      
4 Π 436 416 0.07      
5 Π 284i 271i 55.34      
5 Π 284i 271i 55.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3394.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.954) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3237.9 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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
B
0.36972

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.203
C2 0.000 0.000 0.083
N3 0.000 0.000 1.284
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.267

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28692.48731.0638
C21.28691.20052.3507
N32.48731.20053.5512
H41.06382.35073.5512

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/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.221      
2 C 0.061      
3 N -0.055      
4 H 0.215      


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 -3.324 3.324
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.278 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.278 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.651
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.813 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.813 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.627
Polar
3z2-r23.254
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 2.069 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.697


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.864
(<r2>)1/2 5.989

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.394359
Energy at 298.15K-131.393809
HF Energy-131.394359
Nuclear repulsion energy47.277666
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/TZVP
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' 3094 2952 4.64      
2 A' 2128 2030 19.65      
3 A' 1098 1048 35.23      
4 A' 927 884 49.95      
5 A' 450 429 25.78      
6 A" 321 307 9.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4009.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.954) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3824.7 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/TZVP
ABC
18.40223 0.37593 0.36840

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.095 -1.272 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.244 1.239 0.000
H4 1.143 -1.596 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36832.53421.0975
C21.36831.17222.0392
N32.53421.17223.1564
H41.09752.03923.1564

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.157      
2 C 0.074      
3 N -0.056      
4 H 0.138      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.866 -1.372 0.000 2.316
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.954 -2.500 0.000
y -2.500 -21.421 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.882
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.698 -2.500 0.000
y -2.500 -5.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.305
Polar
3z2-r26.611
x2-y24.467
xy-2.500
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.856 -0.694 0.000
y -0.694 6.728 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.634


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.134
(<r2>)1/2 6.011

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.394359
Energy at 298.15K-131.393809
HF Energy-131.394359
Nuclear repulsion energy47.277666
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/TZVP
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/TZVP
ABC
18.40223 0.37593 0.36840

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability