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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: ROHF/6-31G

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 ROHF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.599060
Energy at 298.15K-130.598660
HF Energy-130.599060
Nuclear repulsion energy47.144127
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 ROHF/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 A' 3461 3099 3.37      
2 A' 2500 2238 3.61      
3 A' 1110 993 8.26      
4 A' 1055 944 12.90      
5 A' 430 385 2.65      
6 A" 471 422 2.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4513.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8953) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4040.4 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 ROHF/6-31G
ABC
30.42070 0.36362 0.35933

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.272 -1.248 0.000
C2 0.000 0.125 0.000
N3 0.179 1.261 0.000
H4 0.382 -2.091 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39912.54911.0672
C21.39911.15052.2480
N32.54911.15053.3579
H41.06722.24803.3579

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 177.718 C2 C1 H4 130.950
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.582960
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.582960
Nuclear repulsion energy47.482294
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 ROHF/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 3633 3253 91.69      
2 Σ 2409 2157 17.31      
3 Σ 1184 1060 2.36      
4 Π 452 405 0.00      
4 Π 452 405 0.00      
5 Π 964i 863i 84.47      
5 Π 964i 863i 84.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3100.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8953) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2776.1 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 ROHF/6-31G
B
0.36254

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.234
C2 0.000 0.000 0.123
N3 0.000 0.000 1.279
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.288

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35742.51281.0543
C21.35741.15542.4117
N32.51281.15543.5671
H41.05432.41173.5671

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 ROHF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.069      
2 C -0.033      
3 N -0.266      
4 H 0.368      


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 -3.957 3.957
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.331 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.331 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.635
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.348 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.697
Polar
3z2-r21.394
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 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> 36.592
(<r2>)1/2 6.049

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at ROHF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.554097
Energy at 298.15K-130.553629
HF Energy-130.554097
Nuclear repulsion energy47.109208
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 ROHF/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 A' 3243 2903 12.68      
2 A' 2275 2037 21.45      
3 A' 1130 1012 110.45      
4 A' 980 877 7.01      
5 A' 450 403 27.94      
6 A" 388 348 6.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4233.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8953) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3790.1 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 ROHF/6-31G
ABC
19.48729 0.36989 0.36300

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.104 -1.285 0.000
C2 0.000 0.106 0.000
N3 -0.033 1.267 0.000
H4 0.859 -1.791 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39472.55271.0879
C21.39471.16142.0823
N32.55271.16143.1854
H41.08792.08233.1854

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 ROHF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-130.554097
Energy at 298.15K-130.553629
HF Energy-130.554097
Nuclear repulsion energy47.109208
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 ROHF/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at ROHF/6-31G
ABC
19.48729 0.36989 0.36300

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability