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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ

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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)

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Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.154819
Energy at 298.15K-131.154323
HF Energy-130.723478
Nuclear repulsion energy47.675170
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 CCD/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' 3361 3216 22.39      
2 A' 1962 1878 34.35      
3 A' 1127 1079 33.71      
4 A' 683 654 12.99      
5 A' 418 400 3.12      
6 A" 486 465 3.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4018.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3845.7 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
46.60744 0.37255 0.36959

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.079 -1.234 0.000
C2 0.000 0.108 0.000
N3 -0.009 1.267 0.000
H4 0.540 -2.108 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.34432.50181.0704
C21.34431.15892.2804
N32.50181.15893.4189
H41.07042.28043.4189

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.168 C2 C1 H4 141.342
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.152461
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.722042
Nuclear repulsion energy47.839681
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 CCD/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 3461 3312 67.86      
2 Σ 1593 1524 69.19      
3 Σ 1246 1192 41.97      
4 Π 476 456 0.14      
4 Π 476 456 0.14      
5 Π 392i 375i 47.27      
5 Π 392i 375i 47.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3234.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3095.0 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
B
0.37224

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.203
C2 0.000 0.000 0.092
N3 0.000 0.000 1.276
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29442.47841.0619
C21.29441.18412.3562
N32.47841.18413.5403
H41.06192.35623.5403

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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.805      
2 C 0.782      
3 N -0.538      
4 H 0.561      


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 -3.530 3.530
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


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> 35.826
(<r2>)1/2 5.985

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.143838
Energy at 298.15K-131.143282
HF Energy-130.664780
Nuclear repulsion energy46.918078
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 CCD/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' 3068 2936 7.70      
2 A' 2239 2143 25.42      
3 A' 1083 1037 65.29      
4 A' 980 938 10.17      
5 A' 433 414 18.25      
6 A" 318 305 12.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4061.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3886.4 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.46327 0.36829 0.36068

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.058 -1.301 0.000
C2 0.000 0.105 0.000
N3 -0.089 1.266 0.000
H4 0.973 -1.682 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40702.56691.0990
C21.40701.16432.0344
N32.56691.16433.1332
H41.09902.03443.1332

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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.143838
Energy at 298.15K-131.143282
HF Energy-130.664780
Nuclear repulsion energy46.918078
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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
17.46327 0.36829 0.36068

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability