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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.369469
Energy at 298.15K-131.368846
HF Energy-131.214358
Nuclear repulsion energy47.581157
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 B2PLYP=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' 3387 3237 33.59      
2 A' 1860 1778 23.62      
3 A' 1196 1143 13.59      
4 A' 528 505 27.02      
5 A' 396 379 14.34      
6 A" 459 439 1.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3913.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3740.2 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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
71.29594 0.37141 0.36949

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.023 -1.222 0.000
C2 0.000 0.091 0.000
N3 -0.103 1.273 0.000
H4 0.587 -2.126 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31342.49751.0656
C21.31341.18562.2936
N32.49751.18563.4678
H41.06562.29363.4678

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.994 C2 C1 H4 149.034
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.368576
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.213796
Nuclear repulsion energy47.683355
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 B2PLYP=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 3458 3305 70.41      
2 Σ 1717 1641 32.81      
3 Σ 1267 1211 9.90      
4 Π 457 436 0.31      
4 Π 457 436 0.31      
5 Π 319i 305i 48.70      
5 Π 319i 305i 48.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3358.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3210.0 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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
B
0.37035

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.203
C2 0.000 0.000 0.085
N3 0.000 0.000 1.282
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28782.48561.0598
C21.28781.19772.3477
N32.48561.19773.5454
H41.05982.34773.5454

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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.160      
2 C 0.031      
3 N -0.062      
4 H 0.192      


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> 35.862
(<r2>)1/2 5.988

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.349937
Energy at 298.15K-131.349397
HF Energy-131.179389
Nuclear repulsion energy47.094119
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 B2PLYP=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' 3100 2963 5.36      
2 A' 2083 1991 25.98      
3 A' 1084 1036 44.05      
4 A' 960 917 36.30      
5 A' 452 432 21.94      
6 A" 322 308 11.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4000.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9558) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3823.4 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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.63570 0.37264 0.36533

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.062 -1.280 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.210 1.251 0.000
H4 1.097 -1.631 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37272.54581.0928
C21.37271.17872.0421
N32.54581.17873.1648
H41.09282.04213.1648

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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.349937
Energy at 298.15K-131.349397
HF Energy-131.179389
Nuclear repulsion energy47.094119
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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.63570 0.37264 0.36533

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability