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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-166.273480
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-166.273480
Nuclear repulsion energy57.956885
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 mPW1PW91/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 3744 3291 349.23 31.59 0.26 0.42
2 Σ 2471 2172 57.04 7.52 0.23 0.38
3 Σ 1258 1105 21.15 13.87 0.27 0.43
4 Π 489 430 3.18 0.46 0.75 0.86
4 Π 489 430 3.18 0.46 0.75 0.86
5 Π 350i 307i 63.57 0.69 0.75 0.86
5 Π 350i 307i 63.57 0.69 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3875.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3406.0 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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
B
0.35181

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.239
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.033
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.229
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.303

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.27192.46803.5418
N21.27191.19612.2699
C32.46801.19611.0738
H43.54182.26991.0738

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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.113      
2 N -0.023      
3 C -0.028      
4 H 0.164      


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 -2.249 2.249
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.988 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -14.988 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.612
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.188 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.188 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.377
Polar
3z2-r24.753
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 0.377 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.870


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.520
(<r2>)1/2 5.960

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-166.275119
Energy at 298.15K-166.275687
HF Energy-166.275119
Nuclear repulsion energy57.803354
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 mPW1PW91/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' 3602 3166 175.66      
2 A' 2353 2068 65.55      
3 A' 1273 1119 10.06      
4 A' 524 460 100.25      
5 A' 443 390 38.98      
6 A" 492 433 6.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4343.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3817.6 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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
ABC
42.99342 0.35652 0.35359

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.066 -0.616 0.000
N2 0.000 0.071 0.000
C3 1.137 0.500 0.000
H4 1.704 1.428 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.26802.46903.4416
N21.26801.21502.1776
C32.46901.21501.0872
H43.44162.17761.0872

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 167.836 N2 C3 H4 142.065
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.092      
2 N -0.023      
3 C -0.031      
4 H 0.147      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.179 1.412 0.000 1.839
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.998 1.202 0.000
y 1.202 -13.472 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.030
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.747 1.202 0.000
y 1.202 1.542 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.795
Polar
3z2-r2-1.589
x2-y2-1.526
xy1.202
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.193 1.383 0.000
y 1.383 1.263 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.429


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.406
(<r2>)1/2 5.950