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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/STO-3G

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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 B3PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-166.252246
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-166.252246
Nuclear repulsion energy57.800587
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 B3PW91/STO-3G
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 3720 3292 336.88 32.38 0.26 0.42
2 Σ 2445 2164 53.42 7.08 0.23 0.38
3 Σ 1248 1104 18.21 14.02 0.27 0.43
4 Π 482 427 3.11 0.47 0.75 0.86
4 Π 482 427 3.11 0.47 0.75 0.86
5 Π 387i 343i 63.59 0.66 0.75 0.86
5 Π 387i 343i 63.59 0.66 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3801.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.885) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3364.0 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 B3PW91/STO-3G
B
0.34990

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.242
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.033
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.233
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.308

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.27492.47493.5503
N21.27491.20012.2755
C32.47491.20011.0754
H43.55032.27551.0754

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 B3PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.106      
2 N -0.026      
3 C -0.030      
4 H 0.162      


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 -2.172 2.172
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.995 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.995 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.574
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.210 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.210 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.420
Polar
3z2-r24.841
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 0.381 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.381 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.883


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.659
(<r2>)1/2 5.972

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-166.254516
Energy at 298.15K-166.255110
HF Energy-166.254516
Nuclear repulsion energy57.615216
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 B3PW91/STO-3G
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' 3558 3149 150.42      
2 A' 2313 2047 59.89      
3 A' 1261 1116 7.75      
4 A' 552 489 128.22      
5 A' 455 403 9.34      
6 A" 488 432 6.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4313.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.885) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3817.7 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 B3PW91/STO-3G
ABC
37.64059 0.35508 0.35176

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.086 -0.585 0.000
N2 0.000 0.076 0.000
C3 1.160 0.459 0.000
H4 1.725 1.392 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.27092.47653.4364
N21.27091.22172.1699
C32.47651.22171.0908
H43.43642.16991.0908

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 166.955 N2 C3 H4 139.479
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.083      
2 N -0.027      
3 C -0.033      
4 H 0.142      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.092 1.334 0.000 1.724
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.031 1.236 0.000
y 1.236 -13.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.043
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.750 1.236 0.000
y 1.236 1.519 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.769
Polar
3z2-r2-1.538
x2-y2-1.513
xy1.236
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.287 1.318 0.000
y 1.318 1.202 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.437


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.535
(<r2>)1/2 5.961