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All results from a given calculation for HOCN (cyanic acid)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.569177
Energy at 298.15K-168.570081
Nuclear repulsion energy57.996651
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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' 3810 3651 141.10      
2 A' 2403 2303 114.51      
3 A' 1236 1185 101.84      
4 A' 1119 1072 74.08      
5 A' 442 423 15.66      
6 A" 496 475 3.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4752.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4554.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
22.32330 0.35221 0.34674

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.078 1.340 0.000
C2 0.000 0.178 0.000
O3 -0.157 -1.112 0.000
H4 0.706 -1.551 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 O3 H4
N11.16462.46262.9581
C21.16461.29891.8675
O32.46261.29890.9685
H42.95811.86750.9685

picture of cyanic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 O3 176.924 C2 O3 H4 110.044
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.405      
2 C 0.509      
3 O -0.482      
4 H 0.378      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.463 -3.654 0.000 3.936
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.968 -3.127 0.000
y -3.127 -17.846 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.412
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.160 -3.127 0.000
y -3.127 -2.156 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.005
Polar
3z2-r2-0.010
x2-y22.877
xy-3.127
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.666 -0.033 0.000
y -0.033 4.089 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.403


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000