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Experimental data for HNCO (Isocyanic acid)

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Other names
Carbimide; Hydrogen isocyanate; Isocyanic acid;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/CHNO/c2-1-3/h2H OWIKHYCFFJSOEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N N=C=O
State Conformation
1A' CS
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 -101.70 8.00 kJ mol-1 JANAF
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation -98.70 8.00 kJ mol-1 JANAF
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 238.23   J K-1 mol-1 JANAF
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 10.96   kJ mol-1 JANAF
Heat Capacity (298.15K) heat capacity 45.03   J K-1 mol-1 webbook
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 A' 3538   VEEL5      
2 A' 2269   VEEL5      
3 A' 1327   VEEL5      
4 A' 777   VEEL5      
5 A' 577   VEEL5      
6 A" 656   VEEL5      

vibrational zero-point energy: 4572.2 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for HNCO (Isocyanic acid).
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
30.63777 0.36930 0.36410 1997Bro/Ber:9764

Calculated rotational constants for HNCO (Isocyanic acid).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
1162.873amu3Å6   5.32476479806494E-117gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of Isocyanic acid

Point Group Cs


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
rNH 0.995   1 2 1997Bro/Ber:9764
rCN 1.214   2 3 1997Bro/Ber:9764
rCO 1.164   3 4 1993Eas/Joh:1299 derived from earlier work, mistype in 1997BRO/BER:9764
aHNC 123.9 1 2 3 1997Bro/Ber:9764
aNCO 172.6 2 3 4 1997Bro/Ber:9764

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 1.3770 -1.3334 0.0000
N2 0.4122 -1.0919 0.0000
C3 0.0000 0.0500 0.0000
O4 -0.5328 1.0846 0.0000

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  H1 N2 C3 O4
H1   0.99461.95193.0812
N2 0.9946   1.21402.3727
C3 1.95191.2140   1.1637
O4 3.08122.37271.1637  

Calculated geometries for HNCO (Isocyanic acid).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 N2 C3 123.900 N2 C3 O4 172.600

Bond descriptions


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

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
H1 N2
N2 C3
C3 O4
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A'

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
11.595 0.005     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 1A' Cs True 1.613       1974Hel/Hel(II/6) μa = 1.613 ± 0.02 Cs 2 3
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 HNCO (Isocyanic acid).
Vibration specific dipole moments
Vibrational Quantum numbers Dip x Dip y Dip z Dip total Squib Comment
K=0 1.613       1974Hel/Hel(II/6) ± 0.002
K=1 1.575       1974Hel/Hel(II/6) ± 0.002
K=2 1.540       1974Hel/Hel(II/6) ± 0.001
K=3 1.500       1974Hel/Hel(II/6) ± 0.002

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 1A' Cs True       Cs 2 3

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for HNCO (Isocyanic acid).

References
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squib reference DOI
1974Hel/Hel(II/6) Hellwege, KH and AM Hellwege (eds.). Landolt-Bornstein: Group II: Volume 6 Molecular Constants from Microwave, Molecular Beam, and Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Springer-Verlag. Berlin. 1974. 10.1007/b19951 
1993Eas/Joh:1299 ALL East, CS Johnson, WD Allen, Charaterization of the X 1A' state of isocyanic acid, J. Chem. Phys. 98(2), 1299, 1993. 10.1063/1.464298
1997Bro/Ber:9764 Brown, Berghout, Crim, Raman Spectroscopy of the N-C-) symmetric (v3) and antisymmetric (v2) stretch fundamentals in HNCO, J. of Chem Phys., Vol. 107, #23, pgs. 9764-9771 10.1063/1.475274
JANAF Chase, M.W., Jr.; Davies, C.A.; Downey, J.R., Jr.; Frurip, D.J.; McDonald, R.A.; Syverud, A.N., JANAF Thermochemical Tables (Third Edition), J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data,Suppl. 1, 1985, 14, 1.  
VEEL5 M.E. Jacox, Vibrational and Electronic Energy Levels of Polyatomic Transient Molecules, J. Phys. Chem.Ref. Data, Monograph 3 (1994) (updated data in NIST Chemistry Webbook - http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/  
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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