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All results from a given calculation for ClONO (chlorine nitrite)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS cis 1A'
1 2 no CS trans 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-663.467285
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-663.467285
Nuclear repulsion energy157.497416
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 HF/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' 2029 1823 278.29      
2 A' 1030 925 110.37      
3 A' 865 777 190.16      
4 A' 759 682 7.60      
5 A' 312 280 0.20      
6 A" 360 323 3.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2676.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2405.1 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.66545 0.15622 0.12652

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -1.210 -0.279 0.000
O2 0.000 0.884 0.000
N3 1.288 0.450 0.000
O4 1.444 -0.684 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 N3 O4
Cl11.67832.60162.6839
O21.67831.35892.1312
N32.60161.35891.1443
O42.68392.13121.1443

picture of chlorine nitrite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 N3 117.482 O2 N3 O4 116.470
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.258      
2 O -0.469      
3 N 0.477      
4 O -0.266      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.367 -0.307 0.000 0.478
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.651 1.775 0.000
y 1.775 -29.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.521
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.865 1.775 0.000
y 1.775 -1.926 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.061
Polar
3z2-r22.122
x2-y21.861
xy1.775
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.154 0.336 0.000
y 0.336 3.277 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.861


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 83.525
(<r2>)1/2 9.139

Conformer 2 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-663.463531
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-663.463531
Nuclear repulsion energy152.333207
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 HF/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' 2065 1856 260.50      
2 A' 1035 930 132.68      
3 A' 938 843 417.56      
4 A' 587 528 13.07      
5 A' 349 314 0.47      
6 A" 181 163 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2578.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2316.4 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
2.07336 0.10688 0.10164

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -1.417 -0.308 0.000
O2 0.000 0.567 0.000
N3 1.096 -0.286 0.000
O4 2.053 0.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 N3 O4
Cl11.66552.51313.5297
O21.66551.38862.0657
N32.51311.38861.1424
O43.52972.06571.1424

picture of chlorine nitrite state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 N3 110.416 O2 N3 O4 109.010
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.273      
2 O -0.474      
3 N 0.439      
4 O -0.237      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.741 -0.824 0.000 1.108
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.967 0.521 0.000
y 0.521 -29.219 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.537
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.411 0.521 0.000
y 0.521 -1.467 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.056
Polar
3z2-r22.112
x2-y21.252
xy0.521
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.151 0.866 0.000
y 0.866 2.500 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.875


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.562
(<r2>)1/2 9.978