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All results from a given calculation for SCN (thiocyanato radical)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 2Π
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-490.743707
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-490.614014
Nuclear repulsion energy70.574254
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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
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 2060 1956 17.54      
2 Σ 734 697 5.31      
3 Π 406 386 2.96      
4 Π 353 335 7.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1776.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1686.2 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.623
S2 0.000 0.000 1.024
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.806

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 S2 N3
C11.64671.1834
S21.64672.8301
N31.18342.8301

picture of thiocyanato radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S2 C1 N3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.152      
2 S 0.177      
3 N -0.329      


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 2.266 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.512


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.263
(<r2>)1/2 7.567