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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP4/cc-pVDZ

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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.059724
Energy at 298.15K-131.059263
HF Energy-130.690183
Nuclear repulsion energy46.927102
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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
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' 3330 3220        
2 A' 2030 1963        
3 A' 1110 1073        
4 A' 753 729        
5 A' 426 412        
6 A" 488 472        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4068.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3933.7 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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
ABC
38.88106 0.36161 0.35828

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.136 -1.253 0.000
C2 0.000 0.110 0.000
N3 0.044 1.284 0.000
H4 0.507 -2.132 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36962.54371.0896
C21.36961.17532.2989
N32.54371.17533.4480
H41.08962.29893.4480

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.455 C2 C1 H4 138.125
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.055987
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.688884
Nuclear repulsion energy47.125381
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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
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 3455 3340        
2 Σ 1634 1580        
3 Σ 1241 1200        
4 Π 481 465        
4 Π 481 465        
5 Π 452i 437i        
5 Π 452i 437i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3193.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3087.8 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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
B
0.36109

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.222
C2 0.000 0.000 0.094
N3 0.000 0.000 1.295
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.300

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.31562.51641.0781
C21.31561.20072.3937
N32.51641.20073.5945
H41.07812.39373.5945

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 MP4/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.026      
2 C 0.043      
3 N -0.139      
4 H 0.122      


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> 36.488
(<r2>)1/2 6.040

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.053861
Energy at 298.15K-131.053258
HF Energy-130.625718
Nuclear repulsion energy46.002583
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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
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' 3034 2934        
2 A' 2072 2004        
3 A' 1050 1016        
4 A' 975 943        
5 A' 402 388        
6 A" 311 300        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3922.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3792.4 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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.60852 0.35594 0.34848

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.142 -1.313 0.000
C2 0.000 0.098 0.000
N3 -0.298 1.261 0.000
H4 1.238 -1.536 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41752.61121.1188
C21.41751.20112.0495
N32.61121.20113.1910
H41.11882.04953.1910

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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.053861
Energy at 298.15K-131.053258
HF Energy-130.625718
Nuclear repulsion energy46.002583
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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP4/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.60852 0.35594 0.34848

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability