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Experimental data for HCN+ (hydrogen cyanide cation)

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Other names
AC; Acide cyanhydrique; Acido cianidrico; Aero liquid hcn; Aero@ Liquid HCN; Blausaeure; Blausaeure (German); Blauwzuur; Carbon hydride nitride; Carbon hydride nitride (CHN); Cyaanwaterstof; Cyanwasserstoff; Cyclon; Cyclone B; Cyjanowodor; Evercyn; Fluohydric acid gas; Formic anammonide; Formonitrile; Hydrocyanic acid; Hydrofluoric acid gas; Hydrogen cyanide; NA 1051; Prussic Acid; Prussic acid, unstabilized; Zaclondiscoids;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/CHN/c1-2/h1H LELOWRISYMNNSU-UHFFFAOYSA-N C#N Hydrogen cyanide
State Conformation
1Σ C*V
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation 132.00 4.00 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation 132.38 4.00 kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 201.82   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 9.23   kJ mol-1 Gurvich
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 35.86   J K-1 mol-1 Gurvich
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 Σ 3312 3369 1945Herzberg 53.3 0.3 1979Kim/Kin:1967 CH stretch
2 Σ 2089 2041 1945Herzberg       CN stretch
3 Π 712 712 1945Herzberg 57.7 1.1 1979Kim/Kin:1967 bend

vibrational zero-point energy: 3412.5 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for HCN+ (hydrogen cyanide cation).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
  1.47822   1966Herzberg

Calculated rotational constants for HCN+ (hydrogen cyanide cation).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
11.40401amu Å2   1.893709E-39gm cm2
Geometric Data
picture of hydrogen cyanide cation

Point Group C∞v


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rCH 1.064   1 2 1966Herzberg
rCN 1.156   1 3 1966Herzberg
aHCN 180 2 1 3 1966Herzberg

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
H2 0.0000 0.0000 1.0640
N3 0.0000 0.0000 -1.1560

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  C1 H2 N3
C1   1.06401.1560
H2 1.0640   2.2200
N3 1.15602.2200  

Calculated geometries for HCN+ (hydrogen cyanide cation).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 N3 180.000

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
H-C 1
C#N 1

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 H2
C1 N3
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1Σ
52256.4 1  

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference Comment
13.600 0.010 13.610   webbook questionable lower limit for EA of 1.0017 eV

Proton Affinity (kJ mol-1)
Proton Affinity unc. Product reference comment
712.9   H2CN+ webbook  
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 1Σ C∞v True       2.980 NSRDS-NBS10 MW μ0 C∞v 1 1
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for HCN+ (hydrogen cyanide cation).
Vibration specific dipole moments
Vibrational Quantum numbers Dip x Dip y Dip z Dip total Squib Comment
000       2.985 NISTTriatomic  
0110       2.942    
0200       2.899    
0220       2.898    

Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 1Σ C∞v True       C∞v 1 1

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for HCN+ (hydrogen cyanide cation).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
2.593   1951LB1.3:509

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for HCN+ (hydrogen cyanide cation).

References
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squib reference DOI
1945Herzberg G Herzberg" Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure II. Infrared and Raman Spectra of polyatomic molecules" 1945 Van Nostrand.  
1951LB1.3:509 Landolt-Bornstein Vol 1 part 3 p509 (1951)  
1966Herzberg Herzberg, G., Electronic spectra and electronic structure of polyatomic molecules,Van Nostrand,New York, 1966  
1979Kim/Kin:1967 K Kim, WT King "Integrated intensities in hydrogen cyanide" J. Chem. Phys. 71(4), 1967, 1979 10.1063/1.438510
Gurvich Gurvich, L.V.; Veyts, I. V.; Alcock, C. B., Thermodynamic Properties of Individual Substances, Fouth Edition, Hemisphere Pub. Co., New York, 1989  
NISTtriatomic NIST Triatomic Spectral Database (http://www.physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/MolSpec/Triatomic/index.html) 10.18434/T4DW2S
NSRDS-NBS10 R. D. Nelson Jr., D. R. Lide, A. A. Maryott "Selected Values of electric dipole moments for molecules in the gas phase" NSRDS-NBS10, 1967 10.6028/NBS.NSRDS.10
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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