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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.042565
Energy at 298.15K-131.042096
HF Energy-130.690222
Nuclear repulsion energy47.153663
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 MP3=FULL/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' 3370 3169 21.09      
2 A' 1977 1859 34.26      
3 A' 1129 1061 31.80      
4 A' 736 692 13.64      
5 A' 423 398 2.99      
6 A" 487 458 3.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4060.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9403) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3818.5 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
40.62024 0.36491 0.36166

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.104 -1.249 0.000
C2 0.000 0.110 0.000
N3 0.011 1.279 0.000
H4 0.545 -2.119 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36302.53071.0857
C21.36301.16922.2950
N32.53071.16923.4401
H41.08572.29503.4401

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.174 C2 C1 H4 138.906
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.039326
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.688969
Nuclear repulsion energy47.318361
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 MP3=FULL/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 3490 3282 78.73      
2 Σ 1575 1481 63.33      
3 Σ 1259 1184 39.82      
4 Π 480 452 0.15      
4 Π 480 452 0.15      
5 Π 414i 390i 47.71      
5 Π 414i 390i 47.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3227.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9403) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3035.2 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
B
0.36421

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.216
C2 0.000 0.000 0.093
N3 0.000 0.000 1.290
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.291

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30822.50541.0751
C21.30821.19722.3833
N32.50541.19723.5805
H41.07512.38333.5805

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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.017      
2 C 0.021      
3 N -0.110      
4 H 0.106      


Electric dipole moments


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> 36.259
(<r2>)1/2 6.022

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.028610
Energy at 298.15K-131.028046
HF Energy-130.630037
Nuclear repulsion energy46.500094
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 MP3=FULL/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' 3087 2903 17.69      
2 A' 2250 2116 30.30      
3 A' 1073 1009 67.45      
4 A' 1000 941 6.72      
5 A' 424 399 17.44      
6 A" 319 300 9.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4077.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9403) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3833.8 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.75388 0.36257 0.35489

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 -1.313 0.000
C2 0.000 0.104 0.000
N3 -0.152 1.271 0.000
H4 1.066 -1.638 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41672.58811.1141
C21.41671.17682.0416
N32.58811.17683.1530
H41.11412.04163.1530

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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.028610
Energy at 298.15K-131.028046
HF Energy-130.630037
Nuclear repulsion energy46.500094
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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.75388 0.36257 0.35489

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability