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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.446914
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.446914
Nuclear repulsion energy60.115218
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/6-311G*
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 3442 3406 211.86 27.97 0.27 0.42
2 Σ 2291 2268 314.07 19.07 0.10 0.18
3 Σ 1290 1277 83.54 21.58 0.29 0.45
4 Π 555 549 1.22 0.39 0.75 0.86
4 Π 555 549 1.22 0.39 0.75 0.86
5 Π 253i 251i 97.08 4.93 0.75 0.86
5 Π 253i 251i 97.08 4.93 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3813.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3773.6 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/6-311G*
B
0.37847

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 1.187
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.015
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.189
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.258

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.20282.37643.4451
N21.20281.17362.2423
C32.37641.17361.0687
H43.44512.24231.0687

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/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.299      
2 N 0.089      
3 C -0.099      
4 H 0.309      


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 -2.756 2.756
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.740 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.740 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.792
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.474 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.474 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.948
Polar
3z2-r25.897
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 1.497 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.497 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.742


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.703
(<r2>)1/2 5.891

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.447333
Energy at 298.15K-168.448009
HF Energy-168.447333
Nuclear repulsion energy60.090576
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/6-311G*
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' 3384 3349 145.85      
2 A' 2256 2233 338.48      
3 A' 1295 1282 63.48      
4 A' 551 545 2.78      
5 A' 354 350 158.33      
6 A" 553 547 1.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4196.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4153.1 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/6-311G*
ABC
90.83811 0.38138 0.37979

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.938 -0.720 0.000
N2 0.000 0.027 0.000
C3 0.996 0.664 0.000
H4 1.533 1.592 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 N2 C3 H4
O11.19992.37823.3844
N21.19991.18162.1903
C32.37821.18161.0725
H43.38442.19031.0725

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 174.029 N2 C3 H4 152.659
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.288      
2 N 0.132      
3 C -0.134      
4 H 0.289      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.546 1.951 0.000 2.489
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.508 1.343 0.000
y 1.343 -14.572 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.772
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.835 1.343 0.000
y 1.343 2.068 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.233
Polar
3z2-r2-2.466
x2-y2-1.936
xy1.343
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.445 1.988 0.000
y 1.988 2.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.509


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.638
(<r2>)1/2 5.885