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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP3/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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.036368
Energy at 298.15K-131.035898
HF Energy-130.690167
Nuclear repulsion energy47.123032
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 MP3/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' 3364 3189 20.71      
2 A' 1977 1874 34.11      
3 A' 1125 1067 31.89      
4 A' 740 701 13.34      
5 A' 423 401 2.95      
6 A" 486 460 3.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4057.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) 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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
ABC
40.14527 0.36444 0.36116

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.114 -1.249 0.000
C2 0.000 0.110 0.000
N3 0.021 1.280 0.000
H4 0.533 -2.123 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.36452.53261.0867
C21.36451.16942.2959
N32.53261.16943.4406
H41.08672.29593.4406

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.265 C2 C1 H4 138.700
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.033008
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.688960
Nuclear repulsion energy47.290047
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 MP3/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 3484 3303 78.69      
2 Σ 1572 1490 63.11      
3 Σ 1256 1191 40.02      
4 Π 479 454 0.13      
4 Π 479 454 0.13      
5 Π 421i 399i 47.73      
5 Π 421i 399i 47.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3214.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3046.6 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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
B
0.36376

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/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 0.093
N3 0.000 0.000 1.291
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.292

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.30932.50691.0758
C21.30931.19762.3851
N32.50691.19763.5828
H41.07582.38513.5828

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 MP3/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.018      
2 C 0.021      
3 N -0.111      
4 H 0.107      


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> 36.292
(<r2>)1/2 6.024

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.022576
Energy at 298.15K-131.022008
HF Energy-130.629915
Nuclear repulsion energy46.465147
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 MP3/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' 3081 2920 18.20      
2 A' 2248 2131 30.48      
3 A' 1073 1017 66.46      
4 A' 998 946 7.69      
5 A' 422 400 17.24      
6 A" 317 301 8.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4069.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3857.2 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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.69839 0.36201 0.35433

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.004 -1.314 0.000
C2 0.000 0.104 0.000
N3 -0.156 1.271 0.000
H4 1.072 -1.635 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.41842.59021.1151
C21.41841.17732.0427
N32.59021.17733.1547
H41.11512.04273.1547

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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.022576
Energy at 298.15K-131.022008
HF Energy-130.629915
Nuclear repulsion energy46.465147
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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP3/cc-pVDZ
ABC
16.69839 0.36201 0.35433

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability