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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.427047
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.253738
Nuclear repulsion energy59.981848
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 B2PLYP=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 3561 3561 251.37 31.41 0.23 0.38
2 Σ 2319 2319 311.97 11.56 0.15 0.26
3 Σ 1298 1298 77.81 24.37 0.28 0.44
4 Π 559 559 0.77 0.52 0.75 0.86
4 Π 559 559 0.77 0.52 0.75 0.86
5 Π 168i 168i 86.53 1.99 0.75 0.86
5 Π 168i 168i 86.53 1.99 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3979.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3979.7 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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G**
B
0.37681

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.192
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.019
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.191
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.251

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.21112.38293.4424
N21.21111.17182.2313
C32.38291.17181.0596
H43.44242.23131.0596

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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.427160
Energy at 298.15K-168.427723
HF Energy-168.252307
Nuclear repulsion energy59.962175
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 B2PLYP=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' 3531 3531 202.22      
2 A' 2297 2297 325.75      
3 A' 1302 1302 63.57      
4 A' 555 555 3.46      
5 A' 257 257 134.93      
6 A" 558 558 0.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4249.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4249.0 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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
160.69344 0.37838 0.37749

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.810 -0.871 0.000
N2 0.000 0.027 0.000
C3 0.858 0.832 0.000
H4 1.329 1.784 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20912.38403.4092
N21.20911.17692.2030
C32.38401.17691.0617
H43.40922.20301.0617

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 175.230 N2 C3 H4 159.519
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability