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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-740.298947
Energy at 298.15K-740.301552
HF Energy-740.298947
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 A' 1879 1782 339.46      
2 A' 1403 1331 279.45      
3 A' 852 808 124.47      
4 A' 841 798 107.47      
5 A' 646 612 37.19      
6 A' 479 454 3.60      
7 A' 265 251 0.03      
8 A" 752 714 16.50      
9 A" 130 124 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3623.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3437.0 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*
ABC
0.40997 0.09270 0.07561

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -1.614 0.299 0.000
O2 0.000 0.790 0.000
N3 0.946 -0.264 0.000
O4 0.552 -1.392 0.000
O5 2.049 0.197 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 N3 O4 O5
Cl11.68652.62072.74813.6638
O21.68651.41602.25072.1330
N32.62071.41601.19481.1952
O42.74812.25071.19482.1825
O53.66382.13301.19522.1825

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 115.004 O2 N3 O4 118.856
O2 N3 O5 109.249 O4 N3 O5 131.895
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 Cl 0.252      
2 O -0.379      
3 N 0.771      
4 O -0.327      
5 O -0.317      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.263 0.024 0.000 1.263
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.703 -0.223 0.000
y -0.223 -35.486 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.221
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.151 -0.223 0.000
y -0.223 -3.024 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.873
Polar
3z2-r23.747
x2-y22.783
xy-0.223
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.134 0.023 0.000
y 0.023 4.036 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.071


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 131.111
(<r2>)1/2 11.450