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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-184.489818
Energy at 298.15K-184.491040
HF Energy-184.489818
Nuclear repulsion energy59.910358
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 2314 2276 249.33 4.73 0.23 0.38
2 Σ 1317 1295 32.11 15.83 0.27 0.42
3 Π 586 577 6.24 0.39 0.75 0.86
3 Π 586 577 6.24 0.39 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2401.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2362.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
B
0.40863

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 -1.220
N2 0.000 0.000 -0.070
O3 0.000 0.000 1.128

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 N2 O3
N11.15012.3478
N21.15011.1976
O32.34781.1976

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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.122      
2 N 0.582      
3 O -0.460      


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 0.192 0.192
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.050 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -15.050 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.642
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.796 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.796 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.592
Polar
3z2-r2-7.184
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 1.141 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.141 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.231


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 30.776
(<r2>)1/2 5.548