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All results from a given calculation for NaOH (sodium hydroxide)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-237.104192
Energy at 298.15K-237.105523
Nuclear repulsion energy30.352715
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 LSDA/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' 3748 3678 17.51      
2 A' 566 555 17.85      
3 A' 352 345 118.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2332.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2289.2 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
28.26010 0.43197 0.42547

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.040 1.050 0.000
Na2 0.040 -0.908 0.000
H3 -0.769 1.590 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Na2 H3
O11.95790.9730
Na21.95792.6256
H30.97302.6256

picture of sodium hydroxide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Na2 O1 H3 123.694
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.822      
2 Na 0.472      
3 H 0.350      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.678 -5.404 0.000 5.446
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.570 -3.136 0.000
y -3.136 -9.390 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.689
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.030 -3.136 0.000
y -3.136 3.239 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.209
Polar
3z2-r2-6.418
x2-y2-2.179
xy-3.136
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.757 0.962 0.000
y 0.962 7.006 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.494


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000