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All results from a given calculation for C3H7ONO (Propyl nitrite)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 1A'
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.637041
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-323.637041
Nuclear repulsion energy233.299021
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 A' 3126 3002 30.38      
2 A' 3060 2939 47.56      
3 A' 3050 2929 26.33      
4 A' 3047 2926 2.46      
5 A' 1760 1690 212.69      
6 A' 1547 1486 10.67      
7 A' 1535 1474 1.71      
8 A' 1523 1462 2.42      
9 A' 1445 1388 3.87      
10 A' 1431 1374 19.46      
11 A' 1348 1294 17.04      
12 A' 1167 1121 4.18      
13 A' 1071 1028 24.83      
14 A' 1046 1005 5.10      
15 A' 936 898 113.74      
16 A' 854 820 394.89      
17 A' 662 636 34.96      
18 A' 388 372 0.02      
19 A' 351 337 1.22      
20 A' 154 148 0.39      
21 A" 3120 2996 79.48      
22 A" 3101 2978 4.62      
23 A" 3083 2960 2.18      
24 A" 1532 1471 7.04      
25 A" 1333 1280 0.00      
26 A" 1279 1228 0.22      
27 A" 1195 1148 0.75      
28 A" 904 868 1.34      
29 A" 769 739 2.09      
30 A" 240 231 0.01      
31 A" 213 204 0.79      
32 A" 99 95 1.46      
33 A" 65i 62i 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23151.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22232.1 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.71903 0.04483 0.04323

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.950 2.200 0.000
C2 -1.515 0.730 0.000
C3 0.000 0.586 0.000
O4 0.300 -0.828 0.000
N5 1.702 -1.032 0.000
O6 1.954 -2.189 0.000
H7 -3.042 2.281 0.000
H8 -1.578 2.728 0.886
H9 -1.578 2.728 -0.886
H10 -1.919 0.215 -0.880
H11 -1.919 0.215 0.880
H12 0.444 1.049 0.889
H13 0.444 1.049 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 N5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.53262.53183.77294.87685.87381.09471.09661.09662.17132.17132.80112.8011
C21.53261.52212.39263.66804.53362.17632.18632.18631.09671.09672.17472.1747
C32.53181.52211.44532.34793.39313.48272.80432.80432.14342.14341.09661.0966
O43.77292.39261.44531.41622.14134.56494.11814.11812.60522.60522.08242.0824
N54.87683.66802.34791.41621.18365.78625.06745.06743.92923.92922.58962.5896
O65.87384.53363.39312.14131.18366.70356.11806.11804.64224.64223.68183.6818
H71.09472.17633.48274.56495.78626.70351.76891.76892.51082.51083.80243.8024
H81.09662.18632.80434.11815.06746.11801.76891.77123.09032.53632.62753.1708
H91.09662.18632.80434.11815.06746.11801.76891.77122.53633.09033.17082.6275
H102.17131.09672.14342.60523.92924.64222.51083.09032.53631.75963.06722.5057
H112.17131.09672.14342.60523.92924.64222.51082.53633.09031.75962.50573.0672
H122.80112.17471.09662.08242.58963.68183.80242.62753.17083.06722.50571.7784
H132.80112.17471.09662.08242.58963.68183.80243.17082.62752.50573.06721.7784

picture of Propyl nitrite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.956 C1 C2 H10 110.242
C1 C2 H11 110.242 C2 C1 H7 110.753
C2 C1 H8 111.434 C2 C1 H9 111.434
C2 C3 O4 107.443 C2 C3 H12 111.253
C2 C3 H13 111.253 C3 C2 H10 108.778
C3 C2 H11 108.778 C3 O4 N5 110.267
O4 C3 H12 109.248 O4 C3 H13 109.248
O4 N5 O6 110.582 H7 C1 H8 107.659
H7 C1 H9 107.659 H8 C1 H9 107.725
H10 C2 H11 106.685 H12 C3 H13 108.363
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 C -0.454      
2 C -0.275      
3 C -0.018      
4 O -0.371      
5 N 0.286      
6 O -0.243      
7 H 0.157      
8 H 0.150      
9 H 0.150      
10 H 0.157      
11 H 0.157      
12 H 0.151      
13 H 0.151      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.420 2.451 0.000 2.833
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.528 1.601 0.000
y 1.601 -39.139 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.548
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.684 1.601 0.000
y 1.601 -3.101 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.785
Polar
3z2-r27.571
x2-y21.611
xy1.601
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.951 -2.181 0.000
y -2.181 8.123 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.431


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 245.914
(<r2>)1/2 15.682

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.638922
Energy at 298.15K-323.647910
HF Energy-323.638922
Nuclear repulsion energy240.140033
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 A 3130 3006 30.59      
2 A 3119 2995 44.34      
3 A 3109 2985 24.13      
4 A 3082 2959 17.86      
5 A 3057 2936 26.26      
6 A 3052 2931 24.65      
7 A 3044 2923 17.22      
8 A 1768 1698 233.24      
9 A 1537 1476 6.40      
10 A 1530 1470 7.01      
11 A 1515 1455 1.71      
12 A 1509 1449 1.85      
13 A 1445 1388 6.41      
14 A 1417 1360 15.71      
15 A 1400 1344 4.76      
16 A 1319 1266 1.89      
17 A 1302 1250 8.94      
18 A 1198 1151 7.14      
19 A 1125 1081 6.64      
20 A 1084 1041 21.35      
21 A 1008 968 9.88      
22 A 941 904 69.08      
23 A 877 842 6.47      
24 A 841 808 328.99      
25 A 786 755 45.50      
26 A 609 585 31.46      
27 A 453 435 7.34      
28 A 380 365 2.57      
29 A 284 273 0.91      
30 A 241 232 0.90      
31 A 183 176 0.42      
32 A 110 105 0.92      
33 A 59 57 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23256.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22333.6 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*
ABC
0.25577 0.06649 0.05739

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -2.214 -0.921 0.183
C2 -1.768 0.459 -0.315
C3 -0.410 0.896 0.222
O4 0.582 -0.027 -0.289
N5 1.812 0.206 0.317
O6 2.595 -0.560 -0.145
H7 -3.199 -1.182 -0.218
H8 -2.281 -0.943 1.277
H9 -1.506 -1.697 -0.127
H10 -1.734 0.475 -1.411
H11 -2.497 1.223 -0.013
H12 -0.149 1.906 -0.113
H13 -0.382 0.871 1.317

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 N5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.53372.56092.97264.18214.83311.09521.09691.09402.17252.17143.51322.8027
C21.53371.52432.39963.64374.48362.17962.18292.17991.09701.09812.18032.1803
C32.56091.52431.44732.32803.35903.50582.82822.83652.14452.12601.09561.0960
O42.97262.39961.44731.39032.08763.95403.38942.67872.62233.33432.07412.0774
N54.18213.64372.32801.39031.18895.22664.35823.85033.95374.43952.63102.5017
O64.83314.48363.35902.08761.18895.82775.09374.25594.62795.39693.69003.6129
H71.09522.17963.50583.95405.22665.82771.77051.77162.51282.51304.34133.8088
H81.09692.18292.82823.38944.35825.09371.77051.77173.08832.53013.82052.6269
H91.09402.17992.83652.67873.85034.25591.77161.77172.53333.08493.84993.1535
H102.17251.09702.14452.62233.95374.62792.51283.08832.53331.75982.49923.0708
H112.17141.09812.12603.33434.43955.39692.51302.53013.08491.75982.44742.5229
H123.51322.18031.09562.07412.63103.69004.34133.82053.84992.49922.44741.7805
H132.80272.18031.09602.07742.50173.61293.80882.62693.15353.07082.52291.7805

picture of Propyl nitrite state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 113.737 C1 C2 H10 110.236
C1 C2 H11 110.088 C2 C1 H7 110.908
C2 C1 H8 111.076 C2 C1 H9 111.006
C2 C3 O4 107.676 C2 C3 H12 111.601
C2 C3 H13 111.572 C3 C2 H10 108.693
C3 C2 H11 107.212 C3 O4 N5 110.232
O4 C3 H12 108.504 O4 C3 H13 108.741
O4 N5 O6 107.821 H7 C1 H8 107.743
H7 C1 H9 108.040 H8 C1 H9 107.928
H10 C2 H11 106.586 H12 C3 H13 108.661
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 C -0.450      
2 C -0.264      
3 C -0.042      
4 O -0.353      
5 N 0.279      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.151      
8 H 0.147      
9 H 0.161      
10 H 0.155      
11 H 0.142      
12 H 0.156      
13 H 0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.349 -0.849 0.738 2.604
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.319 0.438 -0.642
y 0.438 -34.587 -0.790
z -0.642 -0.790 -36.628
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.712 0.438 -0.642
y 0.438 2.887 -0.790
z -0.642 -0.790 -0.175
Polar
3z2-r2-0.351
x2-y2-3.733
xy0.438
xz-0.642
yz-0.790


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.020 -1.145 0.004
y -1.145 6.541 -0.014
z 0.004 -0.014 5.707


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 197.194
(<r2>)1/2 14.043