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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.401584
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.401584
Nuclear repulsion energy59.807441
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3477 3420 218.34 31.62 0.24 0.38
2 Σ 2318 2279 266.71 15.19 0.17 0.29
3 Σ 1299 1278 74.15 20.71 0.28 0.44
4 Π 553 544 0.67 0.77 0.75 0.86
4 Π 553 544 0.67 0.77 0.75 0.86
5 Π 234i 230i 91.37 1.97 0.75 0.86
5 Π 234i 230i 91.37 1.97 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3865.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3801.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
B
0.37462

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.194
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.017
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.195
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.21112.38903.4594
N21.21111.17792.2483
C32.38901.17791.0704
H43.45942.24831.0704

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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.431      
2 N 0.185      
3 C -0.019      
4 H 0.265      


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 -2.775 2.775
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.459 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.459 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.398
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.530 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.530 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.061
Polar
3z2-r26.122
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 1.370 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.370 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.527


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.750
(<r2>)1/2 5.895

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.401982
Energy at 298.15K-168.402644
HF Energy-168.401982
Nuclear repulsion energy59.776565
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3417 3360 146.84      
2 A' 2280 2242 290.49      
3 A' 1303 1281 55.40      
4 A' 547 538 3.98      
5 A' 351 346 149.81      
6 A" 551 542 0.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4224.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4154.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
87.84461 0.37754 0.37592

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.945 -0.722 0.000
N2 0.000 0.030 0.000
C3 1.004 0.662 0.000
H4 1.542 1.592 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20842.39083.3976
N21.20841.18602.1947
C32.39081.18601.0743
H43.39762.19471.0743

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 173.678 N2 C3 H4 152.297
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.410      
2 N 0.263      
3 C -0.096      
4 H 0.243      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.570 1.943 0.000 2.498
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.119 1.382 0.000
y 1.382 -14.328 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.494
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.708 1.382 0.000
y 1.382 1.979 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.271
Polar
3z2-r2-2.542
x2-y2-1.791
xy1.382
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.232 1.956 0.000
y 1.956 2.839 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.370


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.691
(<r2>)1/2 5.890