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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.122501
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-167.628188
Nuclear repulsion energy59.780467
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 QCISD/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 3569 3360 230.22      
2 Σ 2344 2207 249.71      
3 Σ 1252 1179 106.44      
4 Π 551 519 0.93      
4 Π 551 519 0.93      
5 Π 108i 102i 78.38      
5 Π 108i 102i 78.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4025.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3789.5 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 QCISD/6-31G**
B
0.37444

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.198
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.025
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.192
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.253

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.22352.39023.4507
N21.22351.16672.2272
C32.39021.16671.0605
H43.45072.22721.0605

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 QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.122511
Energy at 298.15K-168.122913
HF Energy-167.627513
Nuclear repulsion energy59.774475
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 QCISD/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' 3564 3356 218.44      
2 A' 2338 2201 254.21      
3 A' 1253 1180 102.72      
4 A' 551 519 1.72      
5 A' 154 145 91.82      
6 A" 551 518 0.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4205.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3958.7 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
688.59840 0.37479 0.37458

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.408 -1.126 0.000
N2 0.000 0.027 0.000
C3 0.435 1.111 0.000
H4 0.656 2.149 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.22322.39053.4431
N21.22321.16792.2205
C32.39051.16791.0608
H43.44312.22051.0608

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 177.635 N2 C3 H4 170.194
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability