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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.270509
Energy at 298.15K-131.269740
HF Energy-131.270509
Nuclear repulsion energy46.812136
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3328 3308 43.98      
2 A' 1810 1800 24.26      
3 A' 1223 1216 3.87      
4 A' 444 442 10.90      
5 A' 343 341 39.12      
6 A" 433 431 0.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3790.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3768.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
99.71352 0.35943 0.35814

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.073 -1.230 0.000
C2 0.000 0.085 0.000
N3 -0.148 1.294 0.000
H4 0.594 -2.182 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31682.53331.0854
C21.31681.21792.3435
N32.53331.21793.5541
H41.08542.34353.5541

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.223 C2 C1 H4 154.487
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.270153
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.270153
Nuclear repulsion energy46.857312
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3387 3368 72.02      
2 Σ 1778 1768 24.55      
3 Σ 1249 1241 3.04      
4 Π 433 431 0.23      
4 Π 433 431 0.23      
5 Π 234i 233i 41.26      
5 Π 234i 233i 41.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3406.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3386.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
B
0.35798

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.222
C2 0.000 0.000 0.082
N3 0.000 0.000 1.306
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.302

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30422.52801.0801
C21.30421.22382.3843
N32.52801.22383.6081
H41.08012.38433.6081

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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.040      
2 C 0.025      
3 N -0.116      
4 H 0.051      


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 -3.021 3.021
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.090 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.090 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.090
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.000
Polar
3z2-r24.000
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 1.840 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.393


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.497
(<r2>)1/2 6.041

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.244712
Energy at 298.15K-131.244119
HF Energy-131.244712
Nuclear repulsion energy46.464044
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 2986 2968 10.30      
2 A' 2026 2014 15.79      
3 A' 1091 1084 18.29      
4 A' 900 895 56.32      
5 A' 442 440 20.18      
6 A" 298 296 7.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3871.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3848.5 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.61140 0.36447 0.35708

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.277 -1.261 0.000
C2 0.000 0.090 0.000
N3 -0.435 1.211 0.000
H4 1.381 -1.447 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37912.57241.1191
C21.37911.20232.0659
N32.57241.20233.2186
H41.11912.06593.2186

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.026      
2 C 0.004      
3 N -0.088      
4 H 0.111      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.789 -0.906 0.000 2.005
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.252 -1.613 0.000
y -1.613 -21.024 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.726
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.123 -1.613 0.000
y -1.613 -5.036 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.912
Polar
3z2-r25.824
x2-y24.773
xy-1.613
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.973 -1.290 0.000
y -1.290 6.037 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.279


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.672
(<r2>)1/2 6.056

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.244712
Energy at 298.15K-131.244119
HF Energy-131.244712
Nuclear repulsion energy46.464044
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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.61140 0.36447 0.35708

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability