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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO3 (Methyl nitrate)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-320.102237
Energy at 298.15K-320.107940
HF Energy-319.735712
Nuclear repulsion energy188.111854
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 B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
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' 3183 3054 4.74      
2 A' 3078 2953 15.32      
3 A' 1717 1648 357.39      
4 A' 1515 1454 9.74      
5 A' 1471 1411 12.14      
6 A' 1301 1248 208.72      
7 A' 1200 1151 2.27      
8 A' 1034 992 96.59      
9 A' 858 823 180.15      
10 A' 664 637 29.80      
11 A' 573 550 5.80      
12 A' 344 330 2.67      
13 A" 3165 3037 14.40      
14 A" 1490 1429 9.26      
15 A" 1181 1133 0.85      
16 A" 774 743 13.08      
17 A" 208 199 0.79      
18 A" 144 138 2.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11949.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11464.6 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 B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.39324 0.15685 0.11456

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.615 0.000
O2 -1.209 0.579 0.000
O3 0.754 1.554 0.000
O4 0.674 -0.572 0.000
C5 -0.136 -1.766 0.000
H6 0.580 -2.578 0.000
H7 -0.756 -1.810 0.887
H8 -0.756 -1.810 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 C5 H6 H7 H8
N11.20961.20401.36512.38503.24562.69052.6905
O21.20962.19152.20712.57893.62902.58822.5882
O31.20402.19152.12753.43724.13603.79233.7923
O41.36512.20712.12751.44302.00852.08922.0892
C52.38502.57893.43721.44301.08281.08331.0833
H63.24563.62904.13602.00851.08281.77841.7784
H72.69052.58823.79232.08921.08331.77841.7744
H82.69052.58823.79232.08921.08331.77841.7744

picture of Methyl nitrate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O4 C5 116.248 O2 N1 O3 130.458
O2 N1 O4 117.888 O3 N1 O4 111.654
O4 C5 H6 104.440 O4 C5 H7 110.781
O4 C5 H8 110.781 H6 C5 H7 110.379
H6 C5 H8 110.379 H7 C5 H8 109.971
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.515      
2 O -0.289      
3 O -0.255      
4 O -0.225      
5 C -0.078      
6 H 0.119      
7 H 0.106      
8 H 0.106      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.205 0.422 0.000
y 0.422 6.603 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.291


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.287
(<r2>)1/2 10.014