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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 3A"
1 2 yes C*V 3Σ
2 1 yes CS 1A'

State 1 (3A") , Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.956451
Energy at 298.15K-129.955571
HF Energy-129.956451
Nuclear repulsion energy47.233945
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/3-21G*
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' 3525 3182 28.22      
2 A' 1679 1516 67.33      
3 A' 1220 1101 0.00      
4 A' 478 431 0.22      
5 A' 195 176 30.12      
6 A" 505 456 0.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3801.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3431.0 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/3-21G*
ABC
97.81566 0.36613 0.36477

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.055 -1.220 0.000
C2 0.000 0.076 0.000
N3 -0.006 1.293 0.000
H4 0.372 -2.188 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29692.51331.0585
C21.29691.21712.2947
N32.51331.21713.5019
H41.05852.29473.5019

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 177.287 C2 C1 H4 153.794
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.956783
Energy at 298.15K-129.956230
HF Energy-129.956783
Nuclear repulsion energy47.266132
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/3-21G*
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 3567 3219 50.27      
2 Σ 1652 1491 62.23      
3 Σ 1235 1114 0.72      
4 Π 557 503 8.34      
4 Π 557 503 8.34      
5 Π 333 300 46.23      
5 Π 333 300 46.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4116.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3715.6 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/3-21G*
B
0.36462

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

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 0.070
N3 0.000 0.000 1.299
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.27852.50711.0549
C21.27851.22862.3334
N32.50711.22863.5620
H41.05492.33343.5620

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/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.021      
2 C 0.086      
3 N -0.470      
4 H 0.362      


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 -3.041 3.041
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.340 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.340 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.122
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.609 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.609 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.218
Polar
3z2-r22.436
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 1.261 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.261 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.826


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.297
(<r2>)1/2 6.025

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.881329
Energy at 298.15K-129.881021
HF Energy-129.881329
Nuclear repulsion energy47.361352
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/3-21G*
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' 3208 2896 10.79      
2 A' 2318 2092 32.16      
3 A' 1159 1047 110.18      
4 A' 967 873 0.97      
5 A' 533 481 31.62      
6 A" 496 448 9.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4340.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3917.9 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
19.17607 0.37411 0.36695

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.219 -1.265 0.000
C2 0.000 0.106 0.000
N3 0.087 1.256 0.000
H4 0.706 -1.839 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38882.54001.0885
C21.38881.15342.0695
N32.54001.15343.1568
H41.08852.06953.1568

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.044      
2 C 0.159      
3 N -0.444      
4 H 0.241      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.690 -1.901 0.000 2.543
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.566 -3.683 0.000
y -3.683 -20.486 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.941
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.353 -3.683 0.000
y -3.683 -3.232 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.585
Polar
3z2-r27.169
x2-y21.920
xy-3.683
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.729 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 5.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.146


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.391
(<r2>)1/2 6.033

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-129.881329
Energy at 298.15K-129.881021
HF Energy-129.881329
Nuclear repulsion energy47.361352
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/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/3-21G*
ABC
19.17607 0.37411 0.36695

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability