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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.579322
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.579322
Nuclear repulsion energy60.108997
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 TPSSh/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 3541 3395 239.95 30.70 0.23 0.37
2 Σ 2349 2252 299.05 20.93 0.18 0.30
3 Σ 1304 1251 98.00 19.04 0.28 0.43
4 Π 565 542 0.88 0.76 0.75 0.86
4 Π 565 542 0.88 0.76 0.75 0.86
5 Π 79i 76i 93.86 2.29 0.75 0.86
5 Π 79i 76i 93.86 2.29 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4083.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3914.4 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
B
0.37849

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.189
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.020
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.188
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.249

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20922.37693.4388
N21.20921.16772.2295
C32.37691.16771.0618
H43.43882.22951.0618

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
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.463      
2 N 0.169      
3 C 0.035      
4 H 0.258      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -3.037 3.037
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.358 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.358 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.506


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.460
(<r2>)1/2 5.870

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.579331
Energy at 298.15K-168.579800
HF Energy-168.579331
Nuclear repulsion energy60.107993
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 TPSSh/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' 3523 3377 209.04      
2 A' 2335 2239 313.05      
3 A' 1310 1256 88.32      
4 A' 564 540 2.42      
5 A' 182 175 123.97      
6 A" 565 542 1.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4239.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4064.2 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
249.95721 0.37966 0.37909

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.710 -0.952 0.000
N2 0.000 0.025 0.000
C3 0.751 0.923 0.000
H4 1.176 1.898 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20772.37703.4172
N21.20771.17072.2113
C32.37701.17071.0632
H43.41722.21131.0632

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 176.118 N2 C3 H4 163.668
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.454      
2 N 0.209      
3 C 0.001      
4 H 0.244      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.446 2.544 0.000 2.926
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.982 2.018 0.000
y 2.018 3.953 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.356


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.434
(<r2>)1/2 5.868