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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/aug-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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.235761
Energy at 298.15K-131.235261
HF Energy-130.723689
Nuclear repulsion energy47.747672
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=FULL/aug-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' 3381 3277        
2 A' 2037 1975        
3 A' 1138 1103        
4 A' 650 630        
5 A' 417 404        
6 A" 501 486        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4061.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9693) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3937.1 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
50.10550 0.37360 0.37083

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.114 -1.227 0.000
C2 0.000 0.105 0.000
N3 0.033 1.266 0.000
H4 0.455 -2.127 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.33722.49731.0648
C21.33721.16112.2782
N32.49731.16113.4190
H41.06482.27823.4190

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.724 C2 C1 H4 142.791
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.233742
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.721968
Nuclear repulsion energy47.910335
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=FULL/aug-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 3460 3354        
2 Σ 1692 1640        
3 Σ 1250 1212        
4 Π 502 487        
4 Π 502 487        
5 Π 360i 349i        
5 Π 360i 349i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3342.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9693) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3240.3 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.37326

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.202
C2 0.000 0.000 0.092
N3 0.000 0.000 1.274
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.259

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29332.47541.0573
C21.29331.18222.3506
N32.47541.18223.5328
H41.05732.35063.5328

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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.815      
2 C 0.771      
3 N -0.509      
4 H 0.553      


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> 35.710
(<r2>)1/2 5.976

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.230402
Energy at 298.15K-131.229822
HF Energy-130.662080
Nuclear repulsion energy46.837235
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=FULL/aug-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' 3084 2989        
2 A' 2082 2018        
3 A' 1060 1028        
4 A' 972 942        
5 A' 425 412        
6 A" 309 300        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3966.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9693) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3844.4 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.04357 0.36862 0.36124

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.098 -1.288 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.249 1.251 0.000
H4 1.152 -1.581 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38482.56261.0936
C21.38481.18412.0319
N32.56261.18413.1590
H41.09362.03193.1590

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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.230402
Energy at 298.15K-131.229822
HF Energy-130.662080
Nuclear repulsion energy46.837235
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=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP4=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.04357 0.36862 0.36124

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability