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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.305583
Energy at 298.15K-131.304804
HF Energy-131.305583
Nuclear repulsion energy47.192908
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/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' 3332 3294 46.41      
2 A' 1800 1780 21.79      
3 A' 1225 1211 3.81      
4 A' 440 435 10.54      
5 A' 341 337 43.45      
6 A" 427 422 0.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3782.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3739.0 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 PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
ABC
118.36730 0.36494 0.36382

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.074 -1.219 0.000
C2 0.000 0.084 0.000
N3 -0.143 1.284 0.000
H4 0.559 -2.179 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30522.51271.0752
C21.30521.20862.3308
N32.51271.20863.5333
H41.07522.33083.5333

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.443 C2 C1 H4 156.436
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.305257
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.305257
Nuclear repulsion energy47.229512
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/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 3378 3340 71.98      
2 Σ 1772 1752 21.55      
3 Σ 1247 1233 3.03      
4 Π 424 419 0.12      
4 Π 424 419 0.12      
5 Π 259i 256i 56.26      
5 Π 259i 256i 56.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3363.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3325.2 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/TZVP
B
0.36366

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.213
C2 0.000 0.000 0.082
N3 0.000 0.000 1.296
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.284

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29442.50821.0715
C21.29441.21382.3659
N32.50821.21383.5797
H41.07152.36593.5797

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 PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.215      
2 C 0.026      
3 N -0.023      
4 H 0.211      


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 -3.246 3.246
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.432 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.432 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.797
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.817 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.817 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.634
Polar
3z2-r23.269
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 2.147 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.147 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.985


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.377
(<r2>)1/2 6.031

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.278141
Energy at 298.15K-131.277546
HF Energy-131.278141
Nuclear repulsion energy46.848363
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/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' 2998 2964 6.34      
2 A' 2020 1997 14.49      
3 A' 1093 1081 18.42      
4 A' 876 866 66.85      
5 A' 441 436 23.28      
6 A" 301 298 7.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3864.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3820.4 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/TZVP
ABC
18.35964 0.37014 0.36283

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.304 -1.242 0.000
C2 0.000 0.090 0.000
N3 -0.460 1.191 0.000
H4 1.396 -1.425 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36702.55041.1066
C21.36701.19282.0602
N32.55041.19283.2074
H41.10662.06023.2074

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.196      
2 C 0.078      
3 N -0.030      
4 H 0.148      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.974 -1.004 0.000 2.215
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.527 -1.635 0.000
y -1.635 -21.949 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.003
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.449 -1.635 0.000
y -1.635 -5.684 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.235
Polar
3z2-r26.469
x2-y25.422
xy-1.635
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.355 -1.347 0.000
y -1.347 6.730 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.654


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.595
(<r2>)1/2 6.049

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.278141
Energy at 298.15K-131.277546
HF Energy-131.278141
Nuclear repulsion energy46.848363
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/TZVP
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
ABC
18.35964 0.37014 0.36283

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability