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All results from a given calculation for HNC (hydrogen isocyanide)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-92.859213
Energy at 298.15K-92.859033
Nuclear repulsion energy23.946948
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 LSDA/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 3732 3662 198.34      
2 Σ 2080 2041 46.42      
3 Π 492 482 143.36      
3 Π 492 482 143.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3397.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3333.9 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 LSDA/6-31G**
B
1.48524

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.747
N2 0.000 0.000 0.434
H3 0.000 0.000 1.442

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3
C11.18072.1892
N21.18071.0085
H32.18921.0085

picture of hydrogen isocyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 H3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.003      
2 N -0.316      
3 H 0.319      


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 3.025 3.025
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.557 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.557 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -9.916
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.820 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.820 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.641
Polar
3z2-r23.281
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.346 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.073


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000