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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

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 B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.393870
Energy at 298.15K-131.393154
HF Energy-131.393870
Nuclear repulsion energy47.586881
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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' 3404 3263 33.23      
2 A' 1796 1721 35.20      
3 A' 1246 1194 8.10      
4 A' 469 449 12.52      
5 A' 356 341 40.81      
6 A" 456 438 1.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3863.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3703.3 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
98.35652 0.37129 0.36989

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.070 -1.212 0.000
C2 0.000 0.086 0.000
N3 -0.144 1.272 0.000
H4 0.591 -2.144 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30002.49301.0678
C21.30001.19442.3072
N32.49301.19443.4941
H41.06782.30723.4941

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.141 C2 C1 H4 153.869
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.393484
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.393484
Nuclear repulsion energy47.640559
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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 3459 3316 57.20      
2 Σ 1735 1663 38.00      
3 Σ 1284 1230 5.75      
4 Π 457 438 0.47      
4 Π 457 438 0.47      
5 Π 239i 229i 53.19      
5 Π 239i 229i 53.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3456.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3312.9 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 B1B95/6-311G*
B
0.37000

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.202
C2 0.000 0.000 0.082
N3 0.000 0.000 1.284
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.266

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28392.48641.0635
C21.28391.20252.3475
N32.48641.20253.5500
H41.06352.34753.5500

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 B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.074      
2 C 0.026      
3 N -0.242      
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 -3.259 3.259
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.176 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.244
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.966 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.966 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.932
Polar
3z2-r23.864
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 1.889 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.889 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.331


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.716
(<r2>)1/2 5.976

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.367907
Energy at 298.15K-131.367366
HF Energy-131.367907
Nuclear repulsion energy47.231754
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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' 3089 2961 10.70      
2 A' 2128 2040 21.87      
3 A' 1094 1049 40.90      
4 A' 956 916 42.42      
5 A' 459 440 24.67      
6 A" 321 308 10.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4023.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3856.7 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
18.22222 0.37519 0.36762

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.069 -1.277 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.219 1.245 0.000
H4 1.116 -1.610 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.37122.53781.0983
C21.37121.17262.0359
N32.53781.17263.1514
H41.09832.03593.1514

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.137      
2 C 0.107      
3 N -0.219      
4 H 0.249      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.790 -1.345 0.000 2.240
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.847 -2.474 0.000
y -2.474 -21.004 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.797
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.553 -2.474 0.000
y -2.474 -4.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.129
Polar
3z2-r26.257
x2-y24.157
xy-2.474
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.578 -0.672 0.000
y -0.672 6.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.388


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.047
(<r2>)1/2 6.004

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.367907
Energy at 298.15K-131.367366
HF Energy-131.367907
Nuclear repulsion energy47.231754
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 B1B95/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
18.22222 0.37519 0.36762

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability