return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CCH2 (vinylidene)

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 C2V 1A1
2 1 yes C2V 3B2

State 1 (1A1)

Jump to S2C1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-76.780688
Energy at 298.15K-76.780625
Nuclear repulsion energy24.027364
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 A1 3289 2975 20.80      
2 A1 1826 1651 68.60      
3 A1 1364 1233 15.11      
4 B1 906 820 94.29      
5 B2 3377 3054 4.14      
6 B2 557 504 11.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5659.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5118.5 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
9.61146 1.33739 1.17403

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.476
C2 0.000 0.000 0.815
H3 0.000 0.933 -1.016
H4 0.000 -0.933 -1.016

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.29041.07811.0781
C21.29042.05482.0548
H31.07812.05481.8656
H41.07812.05481.8656

picture of vinylidene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C2 C1 H3 120.089 C2 C1 H4 120.089
H3 C1 H4 119.823
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 -0.578      
2 C 0.026      
3 H 0.276      
4 H 0.276      


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 -2.306 2.306
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.444 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -10.290 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.459
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.070 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.162 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.092
Polar
3z2-r2-4.184
x2-y2-4.155
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.738 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.538 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.029


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000

State 2 (3B2)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-76.749311
Energy at 298.15K-76.749413
HF Energy-76.749311
Nuclear repulsion energy23.391748
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 A1 3230 2921 12.78      
2 A1 1591 1439 0.00      
3 A1 1399 1265 9.95      
4 B1 849 768 40.22      
5 B2 3313 2996 15.18      
6 B2 1088 984 0.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5734.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5186.5 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
9.83507 1.24027 1.10138

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.494
C2 0.000 0.000 0.846
H3 0.000 0.922 -1.055
H4 0.000 -0.922 -1.055

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4
C11.34001.07941.0794
C21.34002.11292.1129
H31.07942.11291.8443
H41.07942.11291.8443

picture of vinylidene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
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 -0.430      
2 C -0.032      
3 H 0.231      
4 H 0.231      


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 -0.509 0.509
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.933 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.011 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.356
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.250 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.634 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.616
Polar
3z2-r23.231
x2-y2-1.922
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.536 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.093 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.575


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 17.451
(<r2>)1/2 4.177