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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

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 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 HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.707865
Energy at 298.15K-130.707267
HF Energy-130.707865
Nuclear repulsion energy47.372278
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3485 3152 13.70      
2 A' 1662 1503 128.99      
3 A' 1201 1086 4.25      
4 A' 647 585 21.45      
5 A' 392 354 0.59      
6 A" 421 381 0.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3903.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3530.5 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
53.11210 0.36939 0.36684

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.200 -1.215 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.308 1.243 0.000
H4 0.954 -1.965 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32202.51011.0639
C21.32201.19182.2676
N32.51011.19183.4477
H41.06392.26763.4477

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 173.739 C2 C1 H4 143.553
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.705479
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.705479
Nuclear repulsion energy47.466838
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3560 3219 48.90      
2 Σ 1578 1427 116.94      
3 Σ 1251 1132 0.00      
4 Π 421 381 0.04      
4 Π 421 381 0.04      
5 Π 433i 391i 45.96      
5 Π 433i 391i 45.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3182.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2878.1 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
0.36724

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 -1.207
C2 0.000 0.000 0.080
N3 0.000 0.000 1.290
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28672.49711.0574
C21.28671.21042.3441
N32.49711.21043.5545
H41.05742.34413.5545

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 HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.061      
2 C 0.035      
3 N -0.284      
4 H 0.311      


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 -3.194 3.194
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.391 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.391 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.616
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.887 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.887 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.775
Polar
3z2-r23.550
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 1.872 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.872 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.690


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.050
(<r2>)1/2 6.004

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.648209
Energy at 298.15K-130.647754
HF Energy-130.648209
Nuclear repulsion energy47.429984
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3253 2942 11.85      
2 A' 2355 2129 36.03      
3 A' 1145 1035 70.18      
4 A' 1019 922 21.25      
5 A' 485 438 28.19      
6 A" 363 328 15.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4309.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3897.4 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
17.97969 0.37466 0.36701

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.241 -1.272 0.000
C2 0.000 0.113 0.000
N3 0.105 1.250 0.000
H4 0.714 -1.792 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40522.54491.0877
C21.40521.14182.0340
N32.54491.14183.1019
H41.08772.03403.1019

picture of cyanomethylene 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 -0.073      
2 C 0.111      
3 N -0.290      
4 H 0.252      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.494 -2.092 0.000 2.571
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.511 -3.527 0.000
y -3.527 -20.420 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.992
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.305 -3.527 0.000
y -3.527 -3.169 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.474
Polar
3z2-r26.948
x2-y21.910
xy-3.527
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.345 0.177 0.000
y 0.177 5.688 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.437


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.291
(<r2>)1/2 6.024

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.648209
Energy at 298.15K-130.647754
HF Energy-130.648209
Nuclear repulsion energy47.429984
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*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/6-311G*
ABC
17.97969 0.37466 0.36701

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability