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All results from a given calculation for ClONO2 (Chlorine nitrate)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-739.968133
Energy at 298.15K-739.970460
HF Energy-739.968133
Nuclear repulsion energy222.869227
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 PBEPBE/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' 1812 1787 241.89      
2 A' 1324 1306 245.17      
3 A' 790 780 127.57      
4 A' 737 727 17.25      
5 A' 520 513 22.90      
6 A' 396 391 17.33      
7 A' 225 222 0.13      
8 A" 671 662 9.36      
9 A" 139 137 0.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3307.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3261.8 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.38688 0.08830 0.07189

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -1.639 0.363 0.000
O2 0.000 0.861 0.000
N3 0.985 -0.339 0.000
O4 0.515 -1.446 0.000
O5 2.106 0.109 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 N3 O4 O5
Cl11.71332.71692.81323.7543
O21.71331.55302.36452.2367
N32.71691.55301.20321.2075
O42.81322.36451.20322.2257
O53.75432.23671.20752.2257

picture of Chlorine nitrate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 N3 112.475 O2 N3 O4 117.598
O2 N3 O5 107.589 O4 N3 O5 134.813
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.213      
2 O -0.349      
3 N 0.671      
4 O -0.271      
5 O -0.264      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.667 -0.249 0.000 0.712
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.252 -0.358 0.000
y -0.358 -34.963 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.403
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.431 -0.358 0.000
y -0.358 -2.635 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.204
Polar
3z2-r22.408
x2-y22.711
xy-0.358
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.993 -0.369 0.000
y -0.369 4.369 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.110


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.650
(<r2>)1/2 11.690