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All results from a given calculation for CH(CN)3 (tricyanomethane)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-317.302610
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-317.302610
Nuclear repulsion energy213.480657
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 A1 3016 2915 10.83 83.13 0.11 0.20
2 A1 2385 2306 0.04 135.98 0.05 0.10
3 A1 841 813 4.99 5.71 0.09 0.16
4 A1 573 554 0.50 4.20 0.00 0.00
5 A1 168 163 23.41 2.26 0.70 0.82
6 A2 358 346 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
7 E 2378 2298 0.76 32.57 0.75 0.86
7 E 2378 2298 0.76 32.57 0.75 0.86
8 E 1289 1247 2.96 2.54 0.75 0.86
8 E 1289 1247 2.96 2.54 0.75 0.86
9 E 1023 988 18.35 1.18 0.75 0.86
9 E 1023 988 18.35 1.18 0.75 0.86
10 E 578 559 0.03 1.80 0.75 0.86
10 E 578 559 0.03 1.80 0.75 0.86
11 E 356 344 0.26 2.62 0.75 0.86
11 E 356 344 0.26 2.61 0.75 0.86
12 E 133 129 7.33 4.24 0.75 0.86
12 E 133 129 7.33 4.24 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9426.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9667) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9112.9 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.09574 0.09574 0.05032

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.497
H2 0.000 0.000 1.594
C3 0.000 1.405 0.055
C4 1.217 -0.702 0.055
C5 -1.217 -0.702 0.055
N6 0.000 2.507 -0.265
N7 2.171 -1.253 -0.265
N8 -2.171 -1.253 -0.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 N6 N7 N8
C11.09671.47271.47271.47272.62002.62002.6200
H21.09672.08352.08352.08353.12093.12093.1209
C31.47272.08352.43322.43321.14753.44693.4469
C41.47272.08352.43322.43323.44691.14753.4469
C51.47272.08352.43322.43323.44693.44691.1475
N62.62003.12091.14753.44693.44694.34174.3417
N72.62003.12093.44691.14753.44694.34174.3417
N82.62003.12093.44693.44691.14754.34174.3417

picture of tricyanomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 N6 178.752 C1 C4 N7 178.752
C1 C5 N8 178.752 H2 C1 C3 107.462
H2 C1 C4 107.462 H2 C1 C5 107.462
C3 C1 C4 111.403 C3 C1 C5 111.403
C4 C1 C5 111.403
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.001      
2 H 0.199      
3 C -0.063      
4 C -0.063      
5 C -0.063      
6 N -0.004      
7 N -0.004      
8 N -0.004      


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 2.733 2.733
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.605 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -49.605 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -35.708
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.949 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -6.949 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 13.898
Polar
3z2-r227.795
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 8.697 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.697 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.439


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 201.121
(<r2>)1/2 14.182