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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.419839
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.251520
Nuclear repulsion energy59.959261
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/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 3563 3382 241.99 30.91 0.24 0.39
2 Σ 2318 2200 309.49 11.80 0.15 0.26
3 Σ 1297 1231 78.41 24.11 0.28 0.44
4 Π 557 529 0.84 0.49 0.75 0.86
4 Π 557 529 0.84 0.49 0.75 0.86
5 Π 199i 189i 88.04 2.26 0.75 0.86
5 Π 199i 189i 88.04 2.26 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3946.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3746.1 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
B
0.37656

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.192
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.020
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.191
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.253

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.21182.38343.4451
N21.21181.17172.2333
C32.38341.17171.0617
H43.44512.23331.0617

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
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.442      
2 N 0.178      
3 C -0.015      
4 H 0.279      


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 -3.117 3.117
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.518 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.539
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.490 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.490 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.979
Polar
3z2-r25.959
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.336 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.336 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.551


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.656
(<r2>)1/2 5.887

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.420009
Energy at 298.15K-168.420601
HF Energy-168.249806
Nuclear repulsion energy59.932539
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/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' 3524 3345 187.16      
2 A' 2291 2174 325.39      
3 A' 1301 1235 61.60      
4 A' 553 525 4.24      
5 A' 286 271 146.11      
6 A" 556 528 1.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4254.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4038.7 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
135.31267 0.37838 0.37732

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.847 -0.834 0.000
N2 0.000 0.029 0.000
C3 0.899 0.790 0.000
H4 1.388 1.735 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20942.38483.4059
N21.20941.17792.1999
C32.38481.17791.0643
H43.40592.19991.0643

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 174.766 N2 C3 H4 157.687
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.425      
2 N 0.234      
3 C -0.070      
4 H 0.261      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.707 2.339 0.000 2.896
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.176 1.231 0.000
y 1.231 -14.251 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.544
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.778 1.231 0.000
y 1.231 2.108 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.330
Polar
3z2-r2-2.660
x2-y2-1.924
xy1.231
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.683 2.108 0.000
y 2.108 3.337 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.332


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.627
(<r2>)1/2 5.884