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

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

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.122536
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-167.624415
Nuclear repulsion energy59.736525
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 MP2/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 3586 3358 263.94 34.49 0.23 0.38
2 Σ 2283 2138 418.62 2.60 0.05 0.09
3 Σ 1328 1244 52.94 31.12 0.28 0.44
4 Π 556 520 1.19 0.17 0.75 0.86
4 Π 556 520 1.19 0.17 0.75 0.86
5 Π 384i 359i 87.67 1.91 0.75 0.86
5 Π 384i 359i 87.67 1.91 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3770.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3531.1 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 MP2/6-31G**
B
0.37343

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.195
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.014
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.200
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.259

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20872.39493.4534
N21.20871.18622.2447
C32.39491.18621.0585
H43.45342.24471.0585

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 MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.123784
Energy at 298.15K-168.124638
HF Energy-167.618301
Nuclear repulsion energy59.668568
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 MP2/6-31G**
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' 3530 3306 161.12      
2 A' 2274 2130 380.52      
3 A' 1328 1244 30.46      
4 A' 595 558 96.17      
5 A' 502 470 36.07      
6 A" 577 540 1.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4403.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4123.7 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 MP2/6-31G**
ABC
71.89864 0.37662 0.37466

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.093 -0.470 0.000
N2 0.000 0.038 0.000
C3 1.146 0.387 0.000
H4 1.864 1.170 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20532.39753.3816
N21.20531.19822.1811
C32.39751.19821.0628
H43.38162.18111.0628

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 171.960 N2 C3 H4 149.385
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability