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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVDZ

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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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.061268
Energy at 298.15K-131.060679
HF Energy-130.691093
Nuclear repulsion energy46.585934
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3342 3206 20.38      
2 A' 1844 1769 40.27      
3 A' 1146 1099 10.06      
4 A' 666 639 26.68      
5 A' 388 372 2.61      
6 A" 423 405 0.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3903.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3745.3 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
46.29701 0.35723 0.35449

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.050 -1.256 0.000
C2 0.000 0.096 0.000
N3 -0.150 1.292 0.000
H4 0.756 -2.083 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35242.55491.0877
C21.35241.20502.3062
N32.55491.20503.4940
H41.08772.30623.4940

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 174.929 C2 C1 H4 141.632
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.058448
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.688883
Nuclear repulsion energy46.733580
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3434 3294 70.52      
2 Σ 1677 1609 44.78      
3 Σ 1229 1179 5.36      
4 Π 425 408 0.01      
4 Π 425 408 0.01      
5 Π 447i 429i 44.57      
5 Π 447i 429i 44.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3147.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3019.6 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/cc-pVDZ
B
0.35560

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.229
C2 0.000 0.000 0.087
N3 0.000 0.000 1.308
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.308

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31612.53701.0788
C21.31611.22092.3949
N32.53701.22093.6157
H41.07882.39493.6157

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/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.015      
2 C 0.011      
3 N -0.097      
4 H 0.101      


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 -3.098 3.098
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> 36.888
(<r2>)1/2 6.074

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.036412
Energy at 298.15K-131.035812
HF Energy-130.628358
Nuclear repulsion energy46.230947
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3055 2931 21.55      
2 A' 2107 2022 46.91      
3 A' 1062 1019 59.55      
4 A' 983 943 7.61      
5 A' 417 400 16.08      
6 A" 299 287 8.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3961.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3800.5 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.70021 0.35865 0.35111

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.006 -1.319 0.000
C2 0.000 0.101 0.000
N3 -0.159 1.278 0.000
H4 1.075 -1.641 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.42012.60241.1166
C21.42011.18772.0477
N32.60241.18773.1698
H41.11662.04773.1698

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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.036412
Energy at 298.15K-131.035812
HF Energy-130.628358
Nuclear repulsion energy46.230947
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/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.70021 0.35865 0.35111

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability