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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/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=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.423232
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.251572
Nuclear repulsion energy59.975887
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=FULL/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 3564 3380 242.08 30.86 0.24 0.39
2 Σ 2320 2200 309.81 11.81 0.15 0.26
3 Σ 1298 1231 78.52 24.10 0.28 0.44
4 Π 559 530 0.76 0.50 0.75 0.86
4 Π 559 530 0.76 0.50 0.75 0.86
5 Π 179i 170i 88.10 2.24 0.75 0.86
5 Π 179i 170i 88.10 2.24 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3970.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9484) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3765.6 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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G*
B
0.37677

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/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 -2.252

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.21142.38273.4443
N21.21141.17132.2329
C32.38271.17131.0616
H43.44432.23291.0616

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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.423362
Energy at 298.15K-168.423932
HF Energy-168.249994
Nuclear repulsion energy59.954509
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=FULL/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' 3527 3345 191.02      
2 A' 2295 2177 325.29      
3 A' 1302 1235 62.72      
4 A' 555 526 3.73      
5 A' 266 252 143.08      
6 A" 558 529 1.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4251.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9484) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4032.1 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=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
146.46523 0.37849 0.37751

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.824 -0.857 0.000
N2 0.000 0.028 0.000
C3 0.874 0.816 0.000
H4 1.349 1.768 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20912.38393.4079
N21.20911.17702.2020
C32.38391.17701.0640
H43.40792.20201.0640

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 175.019 N2 C3 H4 158.558
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability