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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.408164
Energy at 298.15K-131.407362
HF Energy-131.408164
Nuclear repulsion energy47.684881
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 B1B95/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' 3416 3270 46.68      
2 A' 1770 1694 38.86      
3 A' 1257 1203 7.14      
4 A' 449 430 4.04      
5 A' 295 282 43.74      
6 A" 446 427 0.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3817.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3653.3 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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ
ABC
139.67544 0.37221 0.37122

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.086 -1.205 0.000
C2 0.000 0.085 0.000
N3 -0.151 1.270 0.000
H4 0.547 -2.165 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29312.48671.0644
C21.29311.19472.3151
N32.48671.19473.5049
H41.06442.31513.5049

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.513 C2 C1 H4 158.133
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.407972
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.407972
Nuclear repulsion energy47.722027
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 B1B95/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 3454 3306 66.15      
2 Σ 1726 1652 40.90      
3 Σ 1284 1229 5.06      
4 Π 445 426 0.19      
4 Π 445 426 0.19      
5 Π 207i 198i 47.23      
5 Π 207i 198i 47.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3470.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3321.6 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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ
B
0.37128

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.200
C2 0.000 0.000 0.081
N3 0.000 0.000 1.282
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.262

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.28152.48221.0614
C21.28151.20072.3429
N32.48221.20073.5436
H41.06142.34293.5436

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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.155      
2 C 0.053      
3 N -0.077      
4 H 0.179      


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 -3.232 3.232
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.207 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.207 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.377
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.915 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.830
Polar
3z2-r23.660
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 2.399 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.399 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.637


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.668
(<r2>)1/2 5.972

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.382239
Energy at 298.15K-131.381691
HF Energy-131.382239
Nuclear repulsion energy47.324871
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 B1B95/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 2951 4.48      
2 A' 2121 2030 24.13      
3 A' 1096 1049 39.78      
4 A' 946 905 42.00      
5 A' 460 440 24.29      
6 A" 310 297 11.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4007.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3835.7 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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.48349 0.37654 0.36902

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.042 -1.275 0.000
C2 0.000 0.092 0.000
N3 -0.190 1.247 0.000
H4 1.076 -1.637 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36742.53261.0955
C21.36741.17072.0366
N32.53261.17073.1499
H41.09552.03663.1499

picture of cyanomethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.149      
2 C 0.006      
3 N -0.018      
4 H 0.161      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.672 -1.424 0.000 2.196
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.044 -2.471 0.000
y -2.471 -20.740 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.874
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.263 -2.471 0.000
y -2.471 -4.281 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.018
Polar
3z2-r26.036
x2-y23.696
xy-2.471
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.961 -0.518 0.000
y -0.518 6.557 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.763


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.962
(<r2>)1/2 5.997

State 2 () , Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C1
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.382239
Energy at 298.15K-131.381691
HF Energy-131.382239
Nuclear repulsion energy47.324871
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 B1B95/cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/cc-pVTZ
ABC
18.48349 0.37654 0.36902

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability