return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.537456
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.537456
Nuclear repulsion energy47.510903
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/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/3-21G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.538704
Energy at 298.15K-130.538328
HF Energy-130.538704
Nuclear repulsion energy47.338743
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/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 3474 3334 57.67      
2 Σ 1730 1661 39.23      
3 Σ 1285 1234 2.61      
4 Π 615 590 15.09      
4 Π 615 590 15.09      
5 Π 380 365 43.81      
5 Π 380 365 43.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4239.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9598) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4069.2 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/3-21G*
B
0.36563

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/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 0.076
N3 0.000 0.000 1.294
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.272

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28372.50211.0641
C21.28371.21842.3478
N32.50211.21843.5662
H41.06412.34783.5662

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/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.051      
2 C 0.108      
3 N -0.484      
4 H 0.326      


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 -3.097 3.097
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.141 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.141 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.439
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.851 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.851 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.701
Polar
3z2-r23.403
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 1.283 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.283 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.519


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.027
(<r2>)1/2 6.002

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.497342
Energy at 298.15K-130.496952
HF Energy-130.497342
Nuclear repulsion energy46.937353
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/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' 3055 2932 8.91      
2 A' 2099 2014 19.87      
3 A' 1125 1079 45.22      
4 A' 880 845 62.65      
5 A' 502 482 29.36      
6 A" 454 436 7.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4056.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9598) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3893.8 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 PBE1PBE/3-21G*
ABC
19.24994 0.37040 0.36341

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.041 -1.277 0.000
C2 0.000 0.088 0.000
N3 -0.187 1.261 0.000
H4 1.061 -1.699 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36592.54841.1044
C21.36591.18772.0790
N32.54841.18773.2129
H41.10442.07903.2129

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.045      
2 C 0.223      
3 N -0.432      
4 H 0.255      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.874 -1.357 0.000 2.314
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.045 -2.837 0.000
y -2.837 -20.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.766
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.198 -2.837 0.000
y -2.837 -4.314 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.116
Polar
3z2-r26.233
x2-y23.675
xy-2.837
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.963 -0.685 0.000
y -0.685 5.714 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.077


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.378
(<r2>)1/2 6.031

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.497342
Energy at 298.15K-130.496952
HF Energy-130.497342
Nuclear repulsion energy46.937353
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/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/3-21G*
ABC
19.24994 0.37040 0.36341

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability