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All results from a given calculation for HNO3 (Nitric acid)

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 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-279.278391
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-279.278391
Nuclear repulsion energy126.937222
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' 3923 3542 171.91 39.91 0.33 0.49
2 A' 1784 1610 409.54 4.84 0.36 0.53
3 A' 1427 1288 308.60 5.69 0.28 0.43
4 A' 1392 1257 225.81 1.23 0.74 0.85
5 A' 1012 914 114.74 17.09 0.13 0.23
6 A' 728 657 4.99 6.91 0.54 0.70
7 A' 635 574 14.60 3.66 0.70 0.82
8 A" 811 732 27.83 0.46 0.75 0.86
9 A" 505 456 245.63 2.47 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6108.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5514.9 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.43642 0.41141 0.21177

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)
N1 0.000 0.135 0.000
O2 -0.314 -1.195 0.000
O3 1.191 0.411 0.000
O4 -0.940 0.877 0.000
H5 0.505 -1.695 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.36621.22241.19801.8985
O21.36622.20072.16470.9598
O31.22242.20072.18132.2152
O41.19802.16472.18132.9507
H51.89850.95982.21522.9507

picture of Nitric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O2 H5 108.145 O2 N1 O3 116.348
O2 N1 O4 115.021 O3 N1 O4 128.631
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.654      
2 O -0.449      
3 O -0.375      
4 O -0.298      
5 H 0.469      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.157 -2.881 0.000 3.105
CHELPG 1.142 -2.863 0.000 3.082
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.500 -2.895 0.000
y -2.895 -20.520 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.196
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.641 -2.895 0.000
y -2.895 3.328 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.314
Polar
3z2-r24.627
x2-y2-5.980
xy-2.895
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.933 -0.508 0.000
y -0.508 2.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.856


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.592
(<r2>)1/2 7.456