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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311G**

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.194546
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-167.666787
Nuclear repulsion energy60.195108
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 MP2/6-311G**
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 3544 3367 273.00 32.34 0.26 0.41
2 Σ 2276 2163 500.96 3.38 0.00 0.00
3 Σ 1331 1265 47.70 35.56 0.28 0.44
4 Π 562 534 1.62 0.02 0.75 0.86
4 Π 562 534 1.62 0.02 0.75 0.86
5 Π 338i 322i 90.50 4.59 0.75 0.86
5 Π 338i 322i 90.50 4.59 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3799.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9502) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3609.8 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 MP2/6-311G**
B
0.37905

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.184
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.009
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.192
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.253

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.19232.37613.4368
N21.19231.18382.2445
C32.37611.18381.0607
H43.43682.24451.0607

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 MP2/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.195427
Energy at 298.15K-168.196260
HF Energy-167.661465
Nuclear repulsion energy60.110443
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 MP2/6-311G**
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' 3486 3312 178.84      
2 A' 2268 2155 453.09      
3 A' 1328 1261 29.44      
4 A' 567 538 46.04      
5 A' 485 461 89.71      
6 A" 580 551 2.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4356.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9502) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4139.1 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 MP2/6-311G**
ABC
81.60352 0.38157 0.37979

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.122 -0.364 0.000
N2 0.000 0.032 0.000
C3 1.168 0.285 0.000
H4 1.972 0.983 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.18982.37983.3743
N21.18981.19472.1892
C32.37981.19471.0652
H43.37432.18921.0652

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 172.807 N2 C3 H4 151.227
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability