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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.170347
Energy at 298.15K-131.169954
HF Energy-130.720175
Nuclear repulsion energy47.825481
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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' 3383 3212 19.03      
2 A' 2304 2188 0.40      
3 A' 1080 1026 29.87      
4 A' 804 763 9.36      
5 A' 445 422 4.93      
6 A" 534 507 7.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4275.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4059.1 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
37.68197 0.37423 0.37055

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.251 -1.221 0.000
C2 0.000 0.119 0.000
N3 -0.169 1.247 0.000
H4 -0.322 -2.119 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36292.50311.0656
C21.36291.14062.2611
N32.50311.14063.3695
H41.06562.26113.3695

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 177.912 C2 C1 H4 136.860
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.165964
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.719508
Nuclear repulsion energy48.126602
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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 3498 3321 76.83      
2 Σ 1749 1660 34.39      
3 Σ 1194 1133 48.37      
4 Π 516 490 1.24      
4 Π 516 490 1.24      
5 Π 490i 465i 52.23      
5 Π 490i 465i 52.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3246.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3082.6 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
B
0.37572

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.201
C2 0.000 0.000 0.100
N3 0.000 0.000 1.266
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.257

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30142.46671.0561
C21.30141.16532.3575
N32.46671.16533.5227
H41.05612.35753.5227

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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.180      
2 C 0.032      
3 N -0.073      
4 H 0.221      


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 -3.685 3.685
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.454 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.454 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.670
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.892 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.784
Polar
3z2-r23.568
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 2.352 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.352 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.557


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.553
(<r2>)1/2 5.963

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.166734
Energy at 298.15K-131.166211
HF Energy-130.661891
Nuclear repulsion energy46.940443
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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' 3122 2964 6.79      
2 A' 2240 2127 10.04      
3 A' 1071 1017 72.61      
4 A' 990 939 4.90      
5 A' 435 413 18.54      
6 A" 347 330 15.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4102.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3894.7 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.15700 0.36954 0.36217

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.021 -1.293 0.000
C2 0.000 0.096 0.000
N3 -0.169 1.260 0.000
H4 1.055 -1.641 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38872.56001.0904
C21.38871.17662.0319
N32.56001.17663.1487
H41.09042.03193.1487

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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.166734
Energy at 298.15K-131.166211
HF Energy-130.661891
Nuclear repulsion energy46.940443
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.15700 0.36954 0.36217

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability