In this contribution we investigate the structural properties of stable anions of small carbon clusters, with one nitrogen and one hydrogen atoms attached to the C-cluster, to surmise their possible existence in the Interstellar Medium (ISM). Many possible configurational (geometrical) isomers with positive vertical electron detachment values are presented, and arranged according to their relative energy. Specific attention is paid to the structures of the lowest-energy valence isomers, the chain-structures of HCN and HCN anions with quasilinear and linear geometry, respectively.
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