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

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G*

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 MP2/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-31.809337
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-31.311547
Nuclear repulsion energy31.179839
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 MP2/CEP-121G*
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 3508 3342 265.81 31.95 0.24 0.39
2 Σ 2194 2090 520.22 11.68 0.03 0.06
3 Σ 1281 1220 66.09 35.15 0.26 0.41
4 Π 527 502 4.79 0.00 0.75 0.86
4 Π 527 502 4.79 0.00 0.75 0.86
5 Π 405i 386i 107.43 8.85 0.75 0.86
5 Π 405i 386i 107.43 8.85 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3612.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3442.1 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 MP2/CEP-121G*
B
0.36706

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.206
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.017
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.209
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.275

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.22392.41553.4816
N21.22391.19162.2577
C32.41551.19161.0661
H43.48162.25771.0661

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 MP2/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-31.811026
Energy at 298.15K-31.811868
HF Energy-31.304449
Nuclear repulsion energy31.166725
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 MP2/CEP-121G*
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' 3437 3275 148.66      
2 A' 2187 2084 452.89      
3 A' 1285 1224 34.67      
4 A' 627 597 137.44      
5 A' 478 456 14.08      
6 A" 562 536 7.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4287.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4085.5 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 MP2/CEP-121G*
ABC
58.71667 0.37095 0.36862

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.111 -0.453 0.000
N2 0.000 0.049 0.000
C3 1.167 0.355 0.000
H4 1.883 1.152 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.21922.41763.3973
N21.21921.20702.1824
C32.41761.20701.0709
H43.39732.18241.0709

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 170.384 N2 C3 H4 146.651
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability