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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

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=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.134210
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-167.624855
Nuclear repulsion energy59.803883
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=FULL/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3590 3355 264.30 34.25 0.23 0.38
2 Σ 2291 2141 419.05 2.63 0.05 0.09
3 Σ 1332 1245 53.21 31.10 0.28 0.44
4 Π 562 525 0.95 0.18 0.75 0.86
4 Π 562 525 0.95 0.18 0.75 0.86
5 Π 347i 324i 87.85 1.89 0.75 0.86
5 Π 347i 324i 87.85 1.89 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3821.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3570.9 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=FULL/6-31G**
B
0.37428

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.193
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.014
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.199
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.256

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20742.39213.4497
N21.20741.18472.2423
C32.39211.18471.0576
H43.44972.24231.0576

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=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.135231
Energy at 298.15K-168.136074
HF Energy-167.619052
Nuclear repulsion energy59.736554
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=FULL/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3536 3304 165.73      
2 A' 2281 2132 385.79      
3 A' 1331 1244 31.34      
4 A' 581 543 73.94      
5 A' 496 463 60.11      
6 A" 580 542 1.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4402.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4114.0 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
76.27692 0.37724 0.37538

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.078 -0.501 0.000
N2 0.000 0.036 0.000
C3 1.132 0.422 0.000
H4 1.833 1.219 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20422.39503.3814
N21.20421.19612.1821
C32.39501.19611.0617
H43.38142.18211.0617

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 172.402 N2 C3 H4 150.187
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability