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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP4/cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.176690
Energy at 298.15K-131.176212
HF Energy-130.722430
Nuclear repulsion energy47.511951
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-pVTZ
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' 3343 3240        
2 A' 2038 1975        
3 A' 1114 1080        
4 A' 697 675        
5 A' 423 410        
6 A" 496 481        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4055.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3930.1 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 MP4/cc-pVTZ
ABC
44.82747 0.37017 0.36714

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.105 -1.237 0.000
C2 0.000 0.107 0.000
N3 0.018 1.271 0.000
H4 0.508 -2.117 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34882.51111.0722
C21.34881.16362.2813
N32.51111.16363.4228
H41.07222.28133.4228

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.395 C2 C1 H4 140.631
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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.174115
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.721013
Nuclear repulsion energy47.717788
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-pVTZ
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 3458 3352        
2 Σ 1652 1601        
3 Σ 1241 1203        
4 Π 490 475        
4 Π 490 475        
5 Π 400i 388i        
5 Π 400i 388i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3265.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3164.5 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 MP4/cc-pVTZ
B
0.37032

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.206
C2 0.000 0.000 0.092
N3 0.000 0.000 1.279
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.269

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29802.48511.0629
C21.29801.18712.3608
N32.48511.18713.5480
H41.06292.36083.5480

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-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.195      
2 C 0.050      
3 N -0.067      
4 H 0.213      


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> 35.868
(<r2>)1/2 5.989

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP4/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.172369
Energy at 298.15K-131.171789
HF Energy-130.659527
Nuclear repulsion energy46.572147
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-pVTZ
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' 3045 2951        
2 A' 2063 2000        
3 A' 1055 1023        
4 A' 970 940        
5 A' 421 408        
6 A" 313 304        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3933.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3812.4 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-pVTZ
ABC
17.57274 0.36447 0.35706

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.106 -1.297 0.000
C2 0.000 0.095 0.000
N3 -0.259 1.255 0.000
H4 1.173 -1.571 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.39612.57841.1009
C21.39611.18892.0372
N32.57841.18893.1680
H41.10092.03723.1680

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.172369
Energy at 298.15K-131.171789
HF Energy-130.659527
Nuclear repulsion energy46.572147
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-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP4/cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.57274 0.36447 0.35706

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability