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All results from a given calculation for HCCCN (Cyanoacetylene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.325318
Energy at 298.15K-169.324552
Nuclear repulsion energy75.966144
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 PBEPBE/6-31G
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 3435 3388 74.27      
2 Σ 2281 2250 27.88      
3 Σ 2082 2053 0.00      
4 Σ 899 887 0.00      
5 Π 654 645 58.20      
5 Π 654 645 58.20      
6 Π 562 554 0.50      
6 Π 562 554 0.50      
7 Π 236 233 0.01      
7 Π 236 233 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5800.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9862) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5720.5 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 PBEPBE/6-31G
B
0.14882

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 1.926
C2 0.000 0.000 0.735
C3 0.000 0.000 -0.633
C4 0.000 0.000 -1.860
H5 0.000 0.000 -2.934

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 H5
N11.19162.55933.78644.8599
C21.19161.36782.59493.6684
C32.55931.36781.22712.3006
C43.78642.59491.22711.0735
H54.85993.66842.30061.0735

picture of Cyanoacetylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C3 C4 180.000
C3 C4 H5 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.174      
2 C -0.079      
3 C 0.342      
4 C -0.374      
5 H 0.286      


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 -3.817 3.817
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.212 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.212 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.764
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.724 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.724 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.448
Polar
3z2-r22.897
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 1.798 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.798 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.954


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.556
(<r2>)1/2 8.635