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All results from a given calculation for HCNO (fulminic acid)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C*V 1Σ
1 2 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.133758
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-167.624441
Nuclear repulsion energy59.630125
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 CCSD(T)/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 3521 3387        
2 Σ 2297 2210        
3 Σ 1261 1213        
4 Π 542 521        
4 Π 542 521        
5 Π 286i 275i        
5 Π 286i 276i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3794.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3650.8 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 CCSD(T)/6-31G*
B
0.37253

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.200
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.022
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.196
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.264

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.22222.39613.4634
N21.22221.17392.2412
C32.39611.17391.0673
H43.46342.24121.0673

picture of fulminic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 N2 C3 180.000 N2 C3 H4 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.134236
Energy at 298.15K-168.134897
HF Energy-167.619571
Nuclear repulsion energy59.601928
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 CCSD(T)/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 A' 3475 3344        
2 A' 2255 2170        
3 A' 1271 1223        
4 A' 536 516        
5 A' 367 353        
6 A" 539 519        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4222.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4062.5 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 CCSD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
94.71701 0.37522 0.37374

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.898 -0.789 0.000
N2 0.000 0.035 0.000
C3 0.956 0.731 0.000
H4 1.446 1.682 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.21852.39763.4065
N21.21851.18292.1926
C32.39761.18291.0700
H43.40652.19261.0700

picture of fulminic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 N2 C3 173.545 N2 C3 H4 153.369
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability