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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

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

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)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.041657
Energy at 298.15K-131.041150
HF Energy-130.685209
Nuclear repulsion energy47.313708
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 CCD/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' 3405 3209 17.79      
2 A' 1948 1835 37.50      
3 A' 1137 1071 32.31      
4 A' 733 690 11.47      
5 A' 414 390 2.85      
6 A" 459 432 2.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4047.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3813.9 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
43.01899 0.36736 0.36425

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.071 -1.246 0.000
C2 0.000 0.106 0.000
N3 -0.022 1.276 0.000
H4 0.579 -2.098 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35382.52231.0723
C21.35381.17012.2789
N32.52231.17013.4270
H41.07232.27893.4270

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.920 C2 C1 H4 139.604
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.038108
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.683726
Nuclear repulsion energy47.467014
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 CCD/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 3503 3301 67.91      
2 Σ 1570 1480 70.72      
3 Σ 1268 1195 35.44      
4 Π 445 419 0.06      
4 Π 445 419 0.06      
5 Π 532i 501i 64.61      
5 Π 532i 501i 64.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3084.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2906.3 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 CCD/6-31+G**
B
0.36662

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

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 0.089
N3 0.000 0.000 1.287
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.276

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30052.49821.0643
C21.30051.19772.3648
N32.49821.19773.5625
H41.06432.36483.5625

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 CCD/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.209      
2 C -0.101      
3 N -0.384      
4 H 0.275      


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 -3.535 3.535
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> 36.307
(<r2>)1/2 6.026

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

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.027354
Energy at 298.15K-131.026734
HF Energy-130.623164
Nuclear repulsion energy46.569846
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 CCD/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' 3108 2929 18.34      
2 A' 2269 2138 19.56      
3 A' 1087 1024 63.00      
4 A' 982 926 18.05      
5 A' 388 366 17.50      
6 A" 305 288 6.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4069.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3834.9 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
17.13479 0.36302 0.35549

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.090 -1.310 0.000
C2 0.000 0.106 0.000
N3 -0.242 1.255 0.000
H4 1.159 -1.564 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41792.58631.0994
C21.41791.17512.0322
N32.58631.17513.1482
H41.09942.03223.1482

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 CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.027354
Energy at 298.15K-131.026734
HF Energy-130.623164
Nuclear repulsion energy46.569846
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 CCD/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
17.13479 0.36302 0.35549

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability