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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.376489
Energy at 298.15K-131.375929
HF Energy-131.376489
Nuclear repulsion energy47.138189
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 M06-2X/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' 3407 3407 35.53      
2 A' 1952 1952 20.90      
3 A' 1167 1167 13.59      
4 A' 614 614 29.66      
5 A' 416 416 5.48      
6 A" 453 453 1.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4003.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4003.7 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 M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
ABC
53.19122 0.36474 0.36226

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.015 -1.242 0.000
C2 0.000 0.100 0.000
N3 -0.073 1.282 0.000
H4 0.605 -2.127 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34162.52481.0813
C21.34161.18482.3079
N32.52481.18483.4765
H41.08132.30793.4765

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.797 C2 C1 H4 144.330
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.374824
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.374824
Nuclear repulsion energy47.272646
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 M06-2X/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 3447 3447 86.86      
2 Σ 1753 1753 39.96      
3 Σ 1251 1251 16.25      
4 Π 452 452 0.23      
4 Π 452 452 0.23      
5 Π 358i 358i 38.34      
5 Π 358i 358i 38.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3320.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3320.0 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 M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
B
0.36355

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.217
C2 0.000 0.000 0.092
N3 0.000 0.000 1.291
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.290

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30832.50801.0738
C21.30831.19972.3822
N32.50801.19973.5818
H41.07382.38223.5818

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 M06-2X/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.001      
2 C 0.034      
3 N -0.114      
4 H 0.079      


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 -3.335 3.335
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.189 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.189 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.035
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.077 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.077 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.154
Polar
3z2-r24.307
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 1.799 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.799 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.217


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.139
(<r2>)1/2 6.012

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.352186
Energy at 298.15K-131.351650
HF Energy-131.352186
Nuclear repulsion energy46.838384
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 M06-2X/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' 3114 3114 7.89      
2 A' 2190 2190 26.31      
3 A' 1071 1071 59.33      
4 A' 990 990 16.09      
5 A' 446 446 20.85      
6 A" 329 329 8.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4069.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4069.4 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 M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.31986 0.36840 0.36073

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.017 -1.298 0.000
C2 0.000 0.099 0.000
N3 -0.133 1.265 0.000
H4 1.030 -1.661 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39622.56511.1086
C21.39621.17392.0395
N32.56511.17393.1492
H41.10862.03953.1492

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.004      
2 C -0.042      
3 N -0.080      
4 H 0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.653 -1.466 0.000 2.209
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.153 -2.680 0.000
y -2.680 -20.472 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.817
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.992 -2.680 0.000
y -2.680 -3.987 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.995
Polar
3z2-r25.990
x2-y23.319
xy-2.680
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.455 -0.447 0.000
y -0.447 5.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.274


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.435
(<r2>)1/2 6.036

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.352186
Energy at 298.15K-131.351650
HF Energy-131.352186
Nuclear repulsion energy46.838384
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 M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.31986 0.36840 0.36073

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability