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All results from a given calculation for HNO2 (Nitrous acid)

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 CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-205.502385
Energy at 298.15K-205.504633
HF Energy-205.502385
Nuclear repulsion energy68.377438
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 A' 3579 3520 38.70      
2 A' 1742 1714 141.00      
3 A' 1256 1235 163.01      
4 A' 806 793 98.89      
5 A' 561 552 95.09      
6 A" 603 593 98.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4273.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4203.3 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
2.97529 0.40483 0.35635

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 1.782 -0.163 0.000
O2 0.907 -0.618 0.000
N3 0.000 0.533 0.000
O4 -1.130 0.172 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 N3 O4
H10.98551.91282.9307
O20.98551.46572.1850
N31.91281.46571.1862
O42.93072.18501.1862

picture of Nitrous acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 N3 100.762 O2 N3 O4 110.519
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 H 0.400      
2 O -0.438      
3 N 0.217      
4 O -0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.909 0.548 0.000 1.986
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.024 0.511 -0.035
y 0.511 -17.869 0.000
z -0.035 0.000 -15.761
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.791 0.511 -0.035
y 0.511 -3.476 0.000
z -0.035 0.000 -0.314
Polar
3z2-r2-0.629
x2-y24.845
xy0.511
xz-0.035
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.876 -0.538 -0.005
y -0.538 1.926 -0.001
z -0.005 -0.001 1.153


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.994
(<r2>)1/2 5.916