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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.188558
Energy at 298.15K-131.187930
HF Energy-130.723251
Nuclear repulsion energy47.160630
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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
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' 3345 3261        
2 A' 1809 1764        
3 A' 1161 1131        
4 A' 579 564        
5 A' 388 378        
6 A" 428 417        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3854.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3757.8 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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
57.47487 0.36551 0.36320

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.077 -1.234 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.171 1.275 0.000
H4 0.735 -2.079 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32892.52171.0712
C21.32891.19522.2924
N32.52171.19523.4744
H41.07122.29243.4744

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.093 C2 C1 H4 145.353
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.186854
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.721277
Nuclear repulsion energy47.281252
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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
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 3425 3339        
2 Σ 1671 1629        
3 Σ 1238 1206        
4 Π 431 420        
4 Π 431 420        
5 Π 389i 379i        
5 Π 389i 379i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3208.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3127.6 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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
B
0.36415

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.214
C2 0.000 0.000 0.084
N3 0.000 0.000 1.294
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.278

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29762.50721.0648
C21.29761.20962.3624
N32.50721.20963.5720
H41.06482.36243.5720

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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.196      
2 C 0.054      
3 N -0.072      
4 H 0.213      


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> 36.288
(<r2>)1/2 6.024

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.169801
Energy at 298.15K-131.169206
HF Energy-130.660806
Nuclear repulsion energy46.712879
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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
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' 3050 2973        
2 A' 2056 2004        
3 A' 1055 1028        
4 A' 973 949        
5 A' 425 414        
6 A" 297 289        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3927.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9748) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3828.9 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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.69770 0.36637 0.35894

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.071 -1.297 0.000
C2 0.000 0.097 0.000
N3 -0.222 1.258 0.000
H4 1.128 -1.602 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39512.57121.1000
C21.39511.18232.0390
N32.57121.18233.1625
H41.10002.03903.1625

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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.169801
Energy at 298.15K-131.169206
HF Energy-130.660806
Nuclear repulsion energy46.712879
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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.69770 0.36637 0.35894

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability