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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.322081
Energy at 298.15K-131.321501
HF Energy-131.198768
Nuclear repulsion energy47.396118
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 B2PLYP/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' 3368 3368 22.97      
2 A' 1890 1890 20.44      
3 A' 1174 1174 14.18      
4 A' 583 583 34.19      
5 A' 409 409 10.09      
6 A" 465 465 2.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3944.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3944.2 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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
ABC
58.47033 0.36897 0.36666

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.016 -1.231 0.000
C2 0.000 0.094 0.000
N3 -0.068 1.278 0.000
H4 0.575 -2.124 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.32452.50921.0712
C21.32451.18632.2909
N32.50921.18633.4621
H41.07122.29093.4621

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.000 C2 C1 H4 145.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.320699
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.197991
Nuclear repulsion energy47.528705
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 B2PLYP/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 3458 3458 62.24      
2 Σ 1716 1716 30.21      
3 Σ 1258 1258 10.81      
4 Π 466 466 0.47      
4 Π 466 466 0.47      
5 Π 356i 356i 55.05      
5 Π 356i 356i 55.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3325.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3325.1 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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
B
0.36789

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.208
C2 0.000 0.000 0.086
N3 0.000 0.000 1.286
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.272

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29342.49381.0639
C21.29341.20042.3573
N32.49381.20043.5577
H41.06392.35733.5577

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 B2PLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.081      
2 C 0.009      
3 N -0.224      
4 H 0.295      


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 -3.351 3.351
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.334 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.334 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.498
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.918 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.918 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.836
Polar
3z2-r23.672
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 1.886 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.886 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.258


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.978
(<r2>)1/2 5.998

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.301786
Energy at 298.15K-131.301244
HF Energy-131.163325
Nuclear repulsion energy46.912737
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 B2PLYP/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' 3097 3097 12.18      
2 A' 2084 2084 25.39      
3 A' 1077 1077 49.82      
4 A' 967 967 31.49      
5 A' 447 447 21.96      
6 A" 330 330 10.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4000.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4000.4 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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
ABC
18.26634 0.36984 0.36250

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.096 -1.284 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.246 1.249 0.000
H4 1.147 -1.601 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38042.55601.0978
C21.38041.18192.0457
N32.55601.18193.1722
H41.09782.04573.1722

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.131      
2 C 0.079      
3 N -0.195      
4 H 0.246      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.834 -1.319 0.000 2.259
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.948 -2.423 0.000
y -2.423 -21.411 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.913
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.714 -2.423 0.000
y -2.423 -4.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.267
Polar
3z2-r26.534
x2-y24.464
xy-2.423
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.615 -0.747 0.000
y -0.747 6.205 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.389


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.521
(<r2>)1/2 6.043

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.301786
Energy at 298.15K-131.301244
HF Energy-131.163325
Nuclear repulsion energy46.912737
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 B2PLYP/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP/6-311G*
ABC
18.26634 0.36984 0.36250

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability