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All results from a given calculation for SCN (thiocyanato radical)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 2Π
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-489.835243
Energy at 298.15K-489.834855
Nuclear repulsion energy71.307325
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 HF/6-311G*
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 2014 1821 33.08      
2 Σ 753 681 11.10      
3 Π 445 402 4.51      
3 Π 364 329 5.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1787.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1616.7 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 HF/6-311G*
B
0.20487

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.629
S2 0.000 0.000 1.016
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.783

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 S2 N3
C11.64481.1546
S21.64482.7994
N31.15462.7994

picture of thiocyanato radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S2 C1 N3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.029      
2 S 0.259      
3 N -0.287      


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 2.521 2.521
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.978 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.394 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.681
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.060 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.935 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.995
Polar
3z2-r2-7.990
x2-y2-2.584
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.114 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.020


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 56.777
(<r2>)1/2 7.535