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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/aug-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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.309743
Energy at 298.15K-131.309133
HF Energy-131.185178
Nuclear repulsion energy47.070029
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=FULL/aug-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' 3367 3239 28.64      
2 A' 1877 1805 21.43      
3 A' 1178 1133 13.83      
4 A' 573 551 30.42      
5 A' 396 381 6.58      
6 A" 439 423 1.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3915.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9618) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3765.9 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
58.63584 0.36394 0.36169

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.026 -1.238 0.000
C2 0.000 0.094 0.000
N3 -0.115 1.284 0.000
H4 0.647 -2.121 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.33262.52601.0787
C21.33261.19532.3073
N32.52601.19533.4887
H41.07872.30733.4887

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 175.614 C2 C1 H4 146.028
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.308189
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-131.184267
Nuclear repulsion energy47.194326
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=FULL/aug-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 3452 3320 71.90      
2 Σ 1712 1646 31.56      
3 Σ 1260 1211 9.14      
4 Π 443 426 0.10      
4 Π 443 426 0.10      
5 Π 400i 385i 47.26      
5 Π 400i 385i 47.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3254.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9618) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3129.9 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
B
0.36274

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.216
C2 0.000 0.000 0.086
N3 0.000 0.000 1.295
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.287

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30242.51151.0713
C21.30241.20912.3737
N32.51151.20913.5828
H41.07132.37373.5828

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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.709      
2 C -0.006      
3 N -0.292      
4 H -0.411      


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> 36.582
(<r2>)1/2 6.048

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.291364
Energy at 298.15K-131.290782
HF Energy-131.150928
Nuclear repulsion energy46.585130
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=FULL/aug-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' 3087 2969 6.19      
2 A' 2073 1994 27.20      
3 A' 1071 1030 48.13      
4 A' 969 932 28.64      
5 A' 433 417 20.38      
6 A" 300 288 9.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3966.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9618) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3814.5 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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.83506 0.36493 0.35761

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.117 -1.291 0.000
C2 0.000 0.093 0.000
N3 -0.269 1.253 0.000
H4 1.183 -1.586 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.38972.57381.1064
C21.38971.19072.0547
N32.57381.19073.1896
H41.10642.05473.1896

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 B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.291364
Energy at 298.15K-131.290782
HF Energy-131.150928
Nuclear repulsion energy46.585130
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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
17.83506 0.36493 0.35761

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability