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

using model chemistry: G3B3

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 G3B3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-184.583326
Energy at 298.15K-184.579667
HF Energy-184.660274
Nuclear repulsion energy60.444720
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 B3LYP/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 2372 2278 309.40 8.20 0.24 0.39
2 Σ 1344 1290 49.88 14.13 0.26 0.42
3 Π 604 580 9.00 0.41 0.75 0.86
3 Π 604 580 9.00 0.41 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2462.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2364.3 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
B
0.41591

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.207
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.073
O3 0.000 0.000 1.120

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 N2 O3
N11.13432.3268
N21.13431.1925
O32.32681.1925

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 B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.119      
2 N 0.618      
3 O -0.499      


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 -0.016 0.016
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 -0.066 0.066
AIM 0.000 0.000 1.123 1.123
ESP 0.000 0.000 -0.041 0.041


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 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 30.453
(<r2>)1/2 5.518