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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO3 (Methyl nitrate)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-63.656210
Energy at 298.15K-63.661953
Nuclear repulsion energy104.043452
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 HF/CEP-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' 3428 3090 14.37      
2 A' 3286 2962 24.98      
3 A' 1635 1474 47.81      
4 A' 1599 1441 365.00      
5 A' 1589 1432 264.24      
6 A' 1382 1245 243.29      
7 A' 1293 1166 19.99      
8 A' 1121 1011 151.98      
9 A' 947 853 12.49      
10 A' 698 629 4.25      
11 A' 593 535 33.46      
12 A' 343 309 7.56      
13 A" 3414 3077 33.43      
14 A" 1615 1455 13.31      
15 A" 1265 1141 2.34      
16 A" 772 696 21.14      
17 A" 212 191 1.60      
18 A" 126 114 5.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12658.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11410.4 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.38623 0.15076 0.11072

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.637 0.000
O2 -1.250 0.563 0.000
O3 0.680 1.663 0.000
O4 0.719 -0.534 0.000
C5 -0.065 -1.784 0.000
H6 0.711 -2.536 0.000
H7 -0.674 -1.832 0.892
H8 -0.674 -1.832 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 C5 H6 H7 H8
N11.25251.23141.37422.42203.25132.71052.7105
O21.25252.22242.25432.62923.66672.61982.6198
O31.23142.22242.19773.52734.19933.85353.8535
O41.37422.25432.19771.47592.00182.10302.1030
C52.42202.62923.52731.47591.07991.08141.0814
H63.25133.66674.19932.00181.07991.79111.7911
H72.71052.61983.85352.10301.08141.79111.7847
H82.71052.61983.85352.10301.08141.79111.7847

picture of Methyl nitrate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O4 C5 116.339 O2 N1 O3 126.940
O2 N1 O4 118.158 O3 N1 O4 114.901
O4 C5 H6 102.001 O4 C5 H7 109.682
O4 C5 H8 109.682 H6 C5 H7 111.933
H6 C5 H8 111.933 H7 C5 H8 111.216
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.108      
2 O -0.166      
3 O -0.110      
4 O -0.194      
5 C -0.214      
6 H 0.196      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.190      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.273 -4.658 0.000 4.666
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.187 0.220 0.000
y 0.220 -26.767 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.219
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.194 0.220 0.000
y 0.220 3.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.258
Polar
3z2-r26.515
x2-y2-7.420
xy0.220
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.912 0.741 0.000
y 0.741 5.595 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.283


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 84.758
(<r2>)1/2 9.206