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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVDZ

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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.014817
Energy at 298.15K-131.014420
HF Energy-130.687778
Nuclear repulsion energy47.097361
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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
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' 3352 3193 16.34      
2 A' 2269 2161 2.97      
3 A' 1067 1016 31.13      
4 A' 849 809 7.45      
5 A' 441 420 4.01      
6 A" 520 495 6.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4248.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4047.0 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
32.99127 0.36332 0.35936

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.274 -1.239 0.000
C2 0.000 0.123 0.000
N3 0.186 1.262 0.000
H4 0.338 -2.138 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38922.54341.0873
C21.38921.15472.2862
N32.54341.15473.4040
H41.08732.28623.4040

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 177.923 C2 C1 H4 134.429
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.008887
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.687815
Nuclear repulsion energy47.382433
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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
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 3482 3317 85.13      
2 Σ 1697 1617 36.41      
3 Σ 1194 1137 44.85      
4 Π 503 479 0.79      
4 Π 503 479 0.79      
5 Π 524i 499i 50.20      
5 Π 524i 499i 50.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3165.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3015.3 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
B
0.36417

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.220
C2 0.000 0.000 0.103
N3 0.000 0.000 1.285
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.295

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32272.50511.0755
C21.32271.18242.3982
N32.50511.18243.5806
H41.07552.39823.5806

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 MP2/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.024      
2 C 0.017      
3 N -0.105      
4 H 0.112      


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 -3.537 3.537
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.442 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.442 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.479
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.982 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.982 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.964
Polar
3z2-r23.927
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 1.784 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.784 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.207


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.309
(<r2>)1/2 6.026

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.010922
Energy at 298.15K-131.010352
HF Energy-130.627522
Nuclear repulsion energy46.155971
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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
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' 3091 2944 19.20      
2 A' 2247 2140 11.31      
3 A' 1067 1016 66.71      
4 A' 986 939 1.99      
5 A' 404 384 15.29      
6 A" 334 318 12.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4063.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3870.8 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.87600 0.35758 0.35016

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.073 -1.317 0.000
C2 0.000 0.100 0.000
N3 -0.227 1.271 0.000
H4 1.151 -1.597 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41862.60511.1136
C21.41861.19282.0508
N32.60511.19283.1823
H41.11362.05083.1823

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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.010922
Energy at 298.15K-131.010352
HF Energy-130.627522
Nuclear repulsion energy46.155971
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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.87600 0.35758 0.35016

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability