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 HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.423804
Energy at 298.15K-131.423054
HF Energy-131.423804
Nuclear repulsion energy47.131868
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 BLYP/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 A' 3312 3304 31.60      
2 A' 1766 1762 21.01      
3 A' 1216 1213 3.19      
4 A' 451 450 11.76      
5 A' 352 351 47.30      
6 A" 443 442 1.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3770.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3760.7 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
107.75543 0.36431 0.36309

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.058 -1.221 0.000
C2 0.000 0.082 0.000
N3 -0.129 1.288 0.000
H4 0.551 -2.176 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30452.51611.0748
C21.30451.21282.3246
N32.51611.21283.5303
H41.07482.32463.5303

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.468 C2 C1 H4 155.265
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.423455
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.423455
Nuclear repulsion energy47.177227
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 BLYP/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 3365 3357 55.05      
2 Σ 1742 1737 20.14      
3 Σ 1239 1236 2.57      
4 Π 445 443 0.56      
4 Π 445 443 0.56      
5 Π 248i 248i 52.52      
5 Π 248i 248i 52.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3368.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3360.5 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 BLYP/6-311G*
B
0.36299

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.213
C2 0.000 0.000 0.079
N3 0.000 0.000 1.298
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.284

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29242.51081.0706
C21.29241.21842.3630
N32.51081.21843.5814
H41.07062.36303.5814

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 BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.080      
2 C -0.007      
3 N -0.179      
4 H 0.266      


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 -3.169 3.169
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.308 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.308 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.569
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.869 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.869 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.738
Polar
3z2-r23.477
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 1.930 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.498


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.319
(<r2>)1/2 6.027

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.402445
Energy at 298.15K-131.401873
HF Energy-131.402445
Nuclear repulsion energy46.750611
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 BLYP/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 A' 2979 2972 15.52      
2 A' 2001 1996 15.96      
3 A' 1076 1073 27.41      
4 A' 913 911 57.67      
5 A' 451 449 20.96      
6 A" 312 311 8.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3865.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3855.9 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
18.40432 0.36816 0.36094

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.243 -1.260 0.000
C2 0.000 0.091 0.000
N3 -0.398 1.216 0.000
H4 1.325 -1.493 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37302.55791.1066
C21.37301.19322.0652
N32.55791.19323.2105
H41.10662.06523.2105

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.152      
2 C 0.080      
3 N -0.161      
4 H 0.232      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.878 -1.069 0.000 2.161
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.544 -1.771 0.000
y -1.771 -21.566 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.900
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.189 -1.771 0.000
y -1.771 -5.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.155
Polar
3z2-r26.310
x2-y25.023
xy-1.771
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.921 -1.198 0.000
y -1.198 6.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.385


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.622
(<r2>)1/2 6.052

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.402445
Energy at 298.15K-131.401873
HF Energy-131.402445
Nuclear repulsion energy46.750611
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 BLYP/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
18.40432 0.36816 0.36094

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability