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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G*

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 CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.177421
Energy at 298.15K-130.176951
HF Energy-129.955487
Nuclear repulsion energy47.151152
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 CISD/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' 3376 3155 13.38      
2 A' 1795 1677 39.22      
3 A' 1178 1101 11.69      
4 A' 636 594 12.49      
5 A' 449 420 7.06      
6 A" 522 488 1.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3977.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3716.8 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
50.24757 0.36569 0.36305

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.128 -1.234 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 0.048 1.285 0.000
H4 0.431 -2.150 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.33252.52461.0726
C21.33251.19312.2833
N32.52461.19313.4557
H41.07262.28333.4557

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.804 C2 C1 H4 143.145
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.175996
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-129.956377
Nuclear repulsion energy47.241962
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 CISD/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 3451 3225 46.50      
2 Σ 1587 1483 49.41      
3 Σ 1269 1185 4.98      
4 Π 541 506 1.65      
4 Π 541 506 1.65      
5 Π 199i 186i 52.35      
5 Π 199i 186i 52.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3495.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3266.3 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 CISD/3-21G*
B
0.36378

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

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 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.296
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.279

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29372.50851.0658
C21.29371.21482.3594
N32.50851.21483.5743
H41.06582.35943.5743

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 CISD/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.023      
2 C 0.084      
3 N -0.433      
4 H 0.326      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.389
(<r2>)1/2 6.032

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.134582
Energy at 298.15K-130.134156
HF Energy-129.879567
Nuclear repulsion energy46.608762
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 CISD/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' 3027 2828 21.53      
2 A' 2195 2051 29.85      
3 A' 1109 1036 88.24      
4 A' 914 854 2.02      
5 A' 465 434 22.19      
6 A" 438 409 7.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4073.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3806.0 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
18.14936 0.36334 0.35621

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.059 -1.302 0.000
C2 0.000 0.103 0.000
N3 -0.086 1.277 0.000
H4 0.955 -1.744 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40642.57891.1058
C21.40641.17672.0794
N32.57891.17673.1951
H41.10582.07943.1951

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.134582
Energy at 298.15K-130.134156
HF Energy-129.879567
Nuclear repulsion energy46.608762
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 CISD/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CISD/3-21G*
ABC
18.14936 0.36334 0.35621

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability