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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

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

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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 QCISD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.063068
Energy at 298.15K-131.062451
HF Energy-130.686113
Nuclear repulsion energy46.854775
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 QCISD/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 A' 3398 3212 19.07      
2 A' 1844 1743 37.04      
3 A' 1162 1099 9.83      
4 A' 669 632 26.11      
5 A' 381 361 3.04      
6 A" 401 379 0.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3927.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9454) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3713.0 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 QCISD/6-31+G**
ABC
49.61492 0.36122 0.35861

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.093 -1.245 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.194 1.280 0.000
H4 0.803 -2.048 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34072.54051.0724
C21.34071.20262.2866
N32.54051.20263.4739
H41.07242.28663.4739

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 174.671 C2 C1 H4 142.491
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.059974
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.683882
Nuclear repulsion energy46.987927
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 QCISD/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 Σ 3475 3285 65.68      
2 Σ 1678 1587 41.75      
3 Σ 1245 1177 4.42      
4 Π 399 377 0.29      
4 Π 399 377 0.29      
5 Π 548i 518i 62.32      
5 Π 548i 518i 62.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3050.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9454) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2883.6 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 QCISD/6-31+G**
B
0.35958

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.222
C2 0.000 0.000 0.083
N3 0.000 0.000 1.302
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.287

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30512.52391.0658
C21.30511.21882.3709
N32.52391.21883.5897
H41.06582.37093.5897

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 QCISD/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.202      
2 C -0.125      
3 N -0.348      
4 H 0.271      


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 -3.338 3.338
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.803
(<r2>)1/2 6.067

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.036369
Energy at 298.15K-131.035728
HF Energy-130.621961
Nuclear repulsion energy46.500810
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 QCISD/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 A' 3107 2937 17.36      
2 A' 2114 1998 39.44      
3 A' 1064 1006 71.21      
4 A' 986 933 6.77      
5 A' 395 373 18.45      
6 A" 286 270 5.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3975.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9454) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3758.7 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 QCISD/6-31+G**
ABC
17.28580 0.36278 0.35532

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.156 -1.299 0.000
C2 0.000 0.101 0.000
N3 -0.310 1.244 0.000
H4 1.233 -1.516 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40862.58571.0992
C21.40861.18482.0333
N32.58571.18483.1622
H41.09922.03333.1622

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.036369
Energy at 298.15K-131.035728
HF Energy-130.621961
Nuclear repulsion energy46.500810
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 QCISD/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/6-31+G**
ABC
17.28580 0.36278 0.35532

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability