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All results from a given calculation for CCH2 (vinylidene)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
2 1 yes C2V 3B2

State 1 (1A1)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-77.242334
Energy at 298.15K-77.242031
Nuclear repulsion energy23.826745
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3165 3013 48.57      
2 A1 1732 1649 92.44      
3 A1 1222 1163 26.21      
4 B1 769 731 114.21      
5 B2 3252 3095 23.29      
6 B2 343 326 4.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5241.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4988.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
9.49194 1.31440 1.15453

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.478
C2 0.000 0.000 0.822
H3 0.000 0.939 -1.030
H4 0.000 -0.939 -1.030

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.29991.08891.0889
C21.29992.07622.0762
H31.08892.07621.8773
H41.08892.07621.8773

picture of vinylidene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C2 C1 H3 120.458 C2 C1 H4 120.458
H3 C1 H4 119.083
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.115      
2 C -0.333      
3 H 0.224      
4 H 0.224      


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 -2.481 2.481
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.545 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -10.373 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.353
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.182 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.076 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.894
Polar
3z2-r2-3.788
x2-y2-4.172
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.499 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.804 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.505


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.484
(<r2>)1/2 4.181

State 2 (3B2)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-77.177027
Energy at 298.15K-77.177103
HF Energy-77.177027
Nuclear repulsion energy23.579255
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3087 2938 3.77      
2 A1 1608 1531 3.12      
3 A1 1408 1340 2.29      
4 B1 807 768 14.49      
5 B2 3168 3015 3.49      
6 B2 999 951 6.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5538.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5271.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
9.57622 1.27714 1.12686

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.484
C2 0.000 0.000 0.834
H3 0.000 0.935 -1.049
H4 0.000 -0.935 -1.049

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.31761.09191.0919
C21.31762.10152.1015
H31.09192.10151.8691
H41.09192.10151.8691

picture of vinylidene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.316      
2 C -0.041      
3 H 0.179      
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
  0.000 0.000 -0.643 0.643
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.116 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.331
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.409 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.641 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.768
Polar
3z2-r23.535
x2-y2-2.033
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.677 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.484 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.453


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.334
(<r2>)1/2 4.163