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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.292250
Energy at 298.15K-131.291579
HF Energy-131.292250
Nuclear repulsion energy47.475531
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3395 3254 29.54      
2 A' 1818 1743 38.61      
3 A' 1233 1182 8.69      
4 A' 489 469 23.47      
5 A' 386 370 24.92      
6 A" 454 436 1.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3887.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3726.4 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
82.18951 0.36982 0.36816

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.053 -1.219 0.000
C2 0.000 0.088 0.000
N3 -0.131 1.275 0.000
H4 0.603 -2.137 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30772.50021.0706
C21.30771.19402.3053
N32.50021.19403.4899
H41.07062.30533.4899

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.995 C2 C1 H4 151.380
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.291601
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.291601
Nuclear repulsion energy47.538464
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 PBE1PBE/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 3457 3314 57.00      
2 Σ 1747 1675 42.08      
3 Σ 1276 1223 6.18      
4 Π 455 436 0.38      
4 Π 455 436 0.38      
5 Π 286i 274i 51.62      
5 Π 286i 274i 51.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3408.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3267.2 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
B
0.36828

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.206
C2 0.000 0.000 0.083
N3 0.000 0.000 1.286
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.271

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28922.49221.0656
C21.28921.20302.3549
N32.49221.20303.5579
H41.06562.35493.5579

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 PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.063      
2 C 0.027      
3 N -0.255      
4 H 0.291      


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 -3.288 3.288
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.240 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.275
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.983 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.966
Polar
3z2-r23.931
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 1.899 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.899 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.300


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.868
(<r2>)1/2 5.989

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.260587
Energy at 298.15K-131.260049
HF Energy-131.260587
Nuclear repulsion energy47.162220
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3096 2967 9.48      
2 A' 2126 2038 21.96      
3 A' 1098 1053 37.95      
4 A' 950 910 47.49      
5 A' 461 442 25.26      
6 A" 322 309 10.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4026.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3859.4 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
18.27421 0.37407 0.36657

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.069 -1.278 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.218 1.247 0.000
H4 1.115 -1.618 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37202.54101.0999
C21.37201.17492.0421
N32.54101.17493.1603
H41.09992.04213.1603

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.139      
2 C 0.115      
3 N -0.231      
4 H 0.256      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.815 -1.375 0.000 2.277
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.909 -2.530 0.000
y -2.530 -21.050 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.851
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.542 -2.530 0.000
y -2.530 -4.670 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.128
Polar
3z2-r26.257
x2-y24.142
xy-2.530
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.580 -0.665 0.000
y -0.665 6.305 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.408


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.159
(<r2>)1/2 6.013

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.260587
Energy at 298.15K-131.260049
HF Energy-131.260587
Nuclear repulsion energy47.162220
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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
18.27421 0.37407 0.36657

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability