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All results from a given calculation for HSCN (thiocyanic 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 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-491.618212
Energy at 298.15K-491.618800
HF Energy-491.618212
Nuclear repulsion energy78.328189
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 2698 2586 0.26      
2 A' 2271 2178 18.28      
3 A' 982 942 12.26      
4 A' 696 667 0.08      
5 A' 331 317 4.08      
6 A" 394 378 1.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3686.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3533.9 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
9.63969 0.19127 0.18755

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)
S1 -0.070 -1.003 0.000
C2 0.000 0.697 0.000
N3 -0.021 1.866 0.000
H4 1.265 -1.183 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 C2 N3 H4
S11.70142.86941.3473
C21.70141.16922.2659
N32.86941.16923.3090
H41.34732.26593.3090

picture of thiocyanic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S1 C2 N3 176.618 C2 S1 H4 95.315
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 S 0.142      
2 C 0.117      
3 N -0.372      
4 H 0.113      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.081 -3.137 0.000 3.318
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 3.227 -0.280 0.000
y -0.280 6.773 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.577


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 62.058
(<r2>)1/2 7.878