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All results from a given calculation for HCCN (cyanomethylene)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

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=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.051341
Energy at 298.15K-131.050856
HF Energy-130.685047
Nuclear repulsion energy47.427158
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=FULL/6-31+G**
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' 3426 3192 19.60      
2 A' 1981 1845 31.35      
3 A' 1142 1064 32.30      
4 A' 738 687 11.95      
5 A' 422 393 3.39      
6 A" 472 440 2.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4090.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3810.7 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=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
42.79394 0.36912 0.36596

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.091 -1.242 0.000
C2 0.000 0.106 0.000
N3 -0.001 1.273 0.000
H4 0.549 -2.100 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.35122.51651.0703
C21.35121.16672.2735
N32.51651.16673.4174
H41.07032.27353.4174

picture of cyanomethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 176.116 C2 C1 H4 139.446
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

State 1 (3Σ) , Conformer 2 (C*V)

Jump to S1C1 S2C1 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.047927
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-130.683614
Nuclear repulsion energy47.590710
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=FULL/6-31+G**
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 3529 3287 72.47      
2 Σ 1577 1469 66.48      
3 Σ 1275 1187 39.99      
4 Π 467 435 0.00      
4 Π 467 435 0.00      
5 Π 496i 462i 65.66      
5 Π 496i 462i 65.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3161.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2945.1 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=FULL/6-31+G**
B
0.36856

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.208
C2 0.000 0.000 0.089
N3 0.000 0.000 1.284
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.270

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.29672.49161.0620
C21.29671.19492.3586
N32.49161.19493.5535
H41.06202.35863.5535

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=FULL/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.204      
2 C -0.091      
3 N -0.391      
4 H 0.278      


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> 36.095
(<r2>)1/2 6.008

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

Jump to S1C1 S1C2 S2C2
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.035000
Energy at 298.15K-131.034403
HF Energy-130.623616
Nuclear repulsion energy46.791842
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=FULL/6-31+G**
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' 3143 2928 13.29      
2 A' 2260 2106 23.03      
3 A' 1076 1002 79.63      
4 A' 1002 933 6.16      
5 A' 401 374 20.30      
6 A" 312 291 6.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4097.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3816.7 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=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
17.37776 0.36697 0.35938

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.105 -1.299 0.000
C2 0.000 0.102 0.000
N3 -0.257 1.247 0.000
H4 1.172 -1.550 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4
C11.40512.57131.0962
C21.40511.17302.0261
N32.57131.17303.1412
H41.09622.02613.1412

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=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-131.035000
Energy at 298.15K-131.034403
HF Energy-130.623616
Nuclear repulsion energy46.791842
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=FULL/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
17.37776 0.36697 0.35938

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability