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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.306552
Energy at 298.15K-131.305772
HF Energy-131.306552
Nuclear repulsion energy47.214609
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-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' 3323 3300 41.91      
2 A' 1788 1776 26.63      
3 A' 1222 1214 3.67      
4 A' 439 436 8.17      
5 A' 336 333 40.61      
6 A" 430 428 0.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3769.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3743.5 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-pVTZ
ABC
120.15945 0.36527 0.36416

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.071 -1.218 0.000
C2 0.000 0.084 0.000
N3 -0.139 1.284 0.000
H4 0.551 -2.180 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30402.51151.0742
C21.30401.20872.3293
N32.51151.20873.5319
H41.07422.32933.5319

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.493 C2 C1 H4 156.600
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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.306251
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.306251
Nuclear repulsion energy47.252894
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-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 3368 3345 64.85      
2 Σ 1761 1748 26.11      
3 Σ 1244 1236 2.74      
4 Π 429 426 0.18      
4 Π 429 426 0.18      
5 Π 249i 247i 46.03      
5 Π 249i 247i 46.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3367.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3343.8 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
B
0.36405

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.212
C2 0.000 0.000 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.295
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.282

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29302.50691.0707
C21.29301.21392.3637
N32.50691.21393.5776
H41.07072.36373.5776

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-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.128      
2 C 0.023      
3 N -0.057      
4 H 0.161      


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 -3.170 3.170
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.338 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.522
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.908 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.816
Polar
3z2-r23.632
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 2.457 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.457 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.817


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.252
(<r2>)1/2 6.021

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.280350
Energy at 298.15K-131.279761
HF Energy-131.280350
Nuclear repulsion energy46.856058
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-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' 2992 2971 5.87      
2 A' 2013 1999 16.98      
3 A' 1090 1083 20.51      
4 A' 897 890 62.45      
5 A' 451 448 21.99      
6 A" 293 291 9.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3868.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3841.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.49412 0.37003 0.36277

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.226 -1.259 0.000
C2 0.000 0.089 0.000
N3 -0.380 1.219 0.000
H4 1.304 -1.508 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36712.55131.1061
C21.36711.19222.0612
N32.55131.19223.2045
H41.10612.06123.2045

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-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.127      
2 C -0.012      
3 N -0.008      
4 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.789 -1.124 0.000 2.113
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.641 -1.832 0.000
y -1.832 -21.247 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.975
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.970 -1.832 0.000
y -1.832 -4.938 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.968
Polar
3z2-r25.937
x2-y24.606
xy-1.832
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.306 -1.058 0.000
y -1.058 6.631 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.775


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.467
(<r2>)1/2 6.039

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.280350
Energy at 298.15K-131.279761
HF Energy-131.280350
Nuclear repulsion energy46.856058
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-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.49412 0.37003 0.36277

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability