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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-205.785980
Energy at 298.15K-205.788273
Nuclear repulsion energy69.831413
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3775 3650 80.12      
2 A' 1783 1724 176.66      
3 A' 1301 1259 180.19      
4 A' 818 791 137.12      
5 A' 619 599 146.18      
6 A" 587 568 100.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4441.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.967) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4295.0 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 B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
3.16939 0.42031 0.37110

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 1.762 -0.182 0.000
O2 0.890 -0.600 0.000
N3 0.000 0.517 0.000
O4 -1.110 0.170 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 N3 O4
H10.96761.89572.8933
O20.96761.42842.1426
N31.89571.42841.1627
O42.89332.14261.1627

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 102.902 O2 N3 O4 111.152
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.260      
2 O -0.338      
3 N 0.297      
4 O -0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.930 0.583 0.000 2.016
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.317 -0.542 0.000
y -0.542 2.756 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.068


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.392
(<r2>)1/2 5.864