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All results from a given calculation for N2O (Nitrous oxide)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-184.594834
Energy at 298.15K-184.596095
HF Energy-184.594834
Nuclear repulsion energy60.774394
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 wB97X-D/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 Σ 2418 2294 349.82 10.02 0.25 0.40
2 Σ 1378 1307 59.17 14.07 0.27 0.42
3 Π 617 585 10.45 0.45 0.75 0.86
3 Π 617 585 10.45 0.45 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2514.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2385.3 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
B
0.42045

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.200
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.073
O3 0.000 0.000 1.114

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 N2 O3
N11.12792.3142
N21.12791.1863
O32.31421.1863

picture of Nitrous oxide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 N2 O3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.125      
2 N 0.643      
3 O -0.517      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.081 0.081
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.012 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -15.012 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.908
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.948 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.948 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.895
Polar
3z2-r2-7.791
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.115 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.115 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.158


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 30.236
(<r2>)1/2 5.499