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All results from a given calculation for Si2H2 (disilyne)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D*H 1ΣG
1 2 no C2H 1AG
1 3 yes C2V 1A1
1 4 no CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (D*H)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-579.998283
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-579.998283
Nuclear repulsion energy66.436104
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σg 2280 2268 0.00 347.44 0.33 0.49
2 Σg 726 722 0.00 115.26 0.13 0.24
3 Σu 2278 2266 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 Πg 642i 639i 0.00 57.17 0.75 0.86
4 Πg 642i 639i 0.00 57.17 0.75 0.86
5 Πu 388 385 6.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 Πu 388 385 6.12 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2386.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2374.0 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
B
0.24804

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

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 0.000 0.997
Si2 0.000 0.000 -0.997
H3 0.000 0.000 2.470
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.470

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 H3 H4
Si11.99481.47253.4674
Si21.99483.46741.4725
H31.47253.46744.9399
H43.46741.47254.9399

picture of disilyne state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 Si2 H4 180.000 Si2 Si1 H3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Si -0.014      
2 Si -0.014      
3 H 0.014      
4 H 0.014      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.536 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.536 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.914
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.811 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.811 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.622
Polar
3z2-r219.244
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 6.523 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.523 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.671


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.126
(<r2>)1/2 7.558

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-580.036833
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-580.036833
Nuclear repulsion energy63.098816
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 2096 2085 0.00 457.22 0.49 0.66
2 Ag 619 616 0.00 43.59 0.61 0.76
3 Ag 541 538 0.00 82.39 0.09 0.17
4 Au 221 219 63.42 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 Bu 2102 2091 173.66 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 Bu 233 232 31.91 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2905.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2890.5 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
5.95709 0.23592 0.22693

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 1.068 0.000
Si2 0.000 -1.068 0.000
H3 1.254 1.906 0.000
H4 -1.254 -1.906 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 H3 H4
Si12.13551.50853.2274
Si22.13553.22741.5085
H31.50853.22744.5632
H43.22741.50854.5632

picture of disilyne state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 Si2 H4 123.764 Si2 Si1 H3 123.764
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Si 0.041      
2 Si 0.041      
3 H -0.041      
4 H -0.041      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.010 -0.244 0.000
y -0.244 -23.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.274
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.408 -0.244 0.000
y -0.244 6.212 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.804
Polar
3z2-r2-9.608
x2-y2-5.081
xy-0.244
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.074 0.213 0.000
y 0.213 16.182 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.344


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.866
(<r2>)1/2 7.737

Conformer 3 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-580.061334
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-580.061334
Nuclear repulsion energy63.805007
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 1564 1556 10.23 81.44 0.05 0.10
2 A1 924 919 41.64 1.72 0.15 0.26
3 A1 488 485 0.87 59.15 0.34 0.50
4 A2 1021 1016 0.00 7.12 0.75 0.86
5 B1 1481 1473 19.41 10.80 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1101 1095 345.41 1.42 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3289.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3271.7 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
5.24263 0.23396 0.23138

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 1.125 -0.052
Si2 0.000 -1.125 -0.052
H3 0.999 0.000 0.735
H4 -0.999 0.000 0.735

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 H3 H4
Si12.25051.69791.6979
Si22.25051.69791.6979
H31.69791.69791.9971
H41.69791.69791.9971

picture of disilyne state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 Si2 H4 48.493 Si2 Si1 H3 48.493
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Si 0.124      
2 Si 0.124      
3 H -0.124      
4 H -0.124      


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 -0.549 0.549
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.448 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -32.359 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.363
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.413 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.453 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.041
Polar
3z2-r20.081
x2-y25.911
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.657 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 15.147 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.325


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 56.961
(<r2>)1/2 7.547

Conformer 4 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-580.047383
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-580.047383
Nuclear repulsion energy64.165957
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
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' 2094 2083 116.45 344.02 0.42 0.59
2 A' 1583 1575 91.67 91.45 0.12 0.22
3 A' 1003 998 118.15 6.00 0.44 0.61
4 A' 582 579 14.68 67.89 0.23 0.37
5 A' 441 439 5.18 5.88 0.15 0.26
6 A" 94 93 50.70 6.16 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2898.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2883.4 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
8.60589 0.23843 0.23200

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.062 -1.159 0.000
Si2 0.062 0.989 0.000
H3 -1.258 -0.012 0.000
H4 -0.474 2.397 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 H3 H4
Si12.14861.74913.5969
Si22.14861.65701.5067
H31.74911.65702.5340
H43.59691.50672.5340

picture of disilyne state 1 conformation 4
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Si1 Si2 H4 159.171 Si2 Si1 H3 49.009
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Si 0.124      
2 Si 0.014      
3 H -0.102      
4 H -0.036      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.011 0.654 0.000 0.654
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.182 0.289 0.000
y 0.289 -26.336 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.471
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.722 0.289 0.000
y 0.289 2.990 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.712
Polar
3z2-r2-9.424
x2-y2-0.845
xy0.289
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.282 -0.083 0.000
y -0.083 15.632 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.084


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.874
(<r2>)1/2 7.607