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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.040161
Energy at 298.15K-131.039678
HF Energy-130.690283
Nuclear repulsion energy47.059582
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/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' 3348 3203 19.59      
2 A' 1945 1861 39.40      
3 A' 1123 1074 31.60      
4 A' 727 696 13.13      
5 A' 419 401 2.68      
6 A" 480 460 3.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4021.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3847.4 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
40.80163 0.36346 0.36025

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.115 -1.250 0.000
C2 0.000 0.110 0.000
N3 0.023 1.282 0.000
H4 0.525 -2.130 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36472.53561.0878
C21.36471.17212.3003
N32.53561.17213.4481
H41.08782.30033.4481

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.315 C2 C1 H4 139.136
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.036892
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.688951
Nuclear repulsion energy47.214489
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/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 3462 3312 73.79      
2 Σ 1572 1504 66.39      
3 Σ 1251 1197 35.17      
4 Π 473 452 0.14      
4 Π 473 452 0.14      
5 Π 425i 407i 46.88      
5 Π 425i 407i 46.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3189.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3051.8 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
B
0.36258

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.218
C2 0.000 0.000 0.093
N3 0.000 0.000 1.293
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.296

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31172.51101.0774
C21.31171.19932.3891
N32.51101.19933.5884
H41.07742.38913.5884

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/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.017      
2 C 0.018      
3 N -0.107      
4 H 0.106      


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 -3.298 3.298
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> 36.392
(<r2>)1/2 6.033

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

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.028057
Energy at 298.15K-131.027480
HF Energy-130.629526
Nuclear repulsion energy46.300290
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/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' 3056 2923 22.79      
2 A' 2262 2164 26.00      
3 A' 1083 1037 50.49      
4 A' 976 934 18.95      
5 A' 413 395 15.19      
6 A" 319 306 9.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4054.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3879.3 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.54009 0.35892 0.35130

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.039 -1.322 0.000
C2 0.000 0.107 0.000
N3 -0.113 1.280 0.000
H4 1.024 -1.666 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.42942.60261.1170
C21.42941.17812.0470
N32.60261.17813.1569
H41.11702.04703.1569

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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.028057
Energy at 298.15K-131.027480
HF Energy-130.629526
Nuclear repulsion energy46.300290
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/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.54009 0.35892 0.35130

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability