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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO2 (Methane, nitro-)

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 Os out of place 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-48.055404
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-48.055404
Nuclear repulsion energy69.270444
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' 3401 3066 14.87 48.90 0.73 0.85
2 A' 3283 2960 5.62 141.00 0.02 0.04
3 A' 1615 1456 19.53 12.97 0.75 0.85
4 A' 1582 1426 2.85 3.69 0.28 0.43
5 A' 1515 1366 39.65 14.13 0.35 0.52
6 A' 1270 1145 1.30 1.73 0.75 0.86
7 A' 970 875 0.02 12.88 0.13 0.23
8 A' 680 613 53.19 6.72 0.59 0.74
9 A' 633 571 10.09 2.40 0.74 0.85
10 A" 3433 3094 4.52 42.27 0.75 0.86
11 A" 1639 1477 169.03 7.02 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1585 1428 387.08 4.84 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1207 1088 112.45 3.95 0.75 0.86
14 A" 499 450 1.77 3.05 0.75 0.86
15 A" 25i 22i 0.05 0.90 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11643.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10495.3 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.39897 0.34396 0.19138

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)
C1 0.001 -1.338 0.000
N2 -0.008 0.161 0.000
H3 1.039 -1.648 0.000
H4 -0.498 -1.666 0.900
H5 -0.498 -1.666 -0.900
O6 0.001 0.742 -1.105
O7 0.001 0.742 1.105

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5 O6 O7
C11.49951.08401.08031.08032.35562.3556
N21.49952.09072.09572.09571.24811.2481
H31.08402.09071.78181.78182.83082.8308
H41.08032.09571.78181.80053.17352.4685
H51.08032.09571.78181.80052.46853.1735
O62.35561.24812.83083.17352.46852.2091
O72.35561.24812.83082.46853.17352.2091

picture of Methane, nitro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O6 117.742 C1 N2 O7 117.742
N2 C1 H3 106.939 N2 C1 H4 107.540
N2 C1 H5 107.540 H3 C1 H4 110.822
H3 C1 H5 110.822 H4 C1 H5 112.886
O6 N2 O7 124.503
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 C -0.320      
2 N 0.153      
3 H 0.197      
4 H 0.205      
5 H 0.205      
6 O -0.220      
7 O -0.220      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.025 -4.801 0.000 4.801
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.816 -0.069 0.000
y -0.069 -22.374 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.373
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.557 -0.069 0.000
y -0.069 2.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.278
Polar
3z2-r2-12.555
x2-y20.558
xy-0.069
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.105 -0.069 0.000
y -0.069 3.322 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.513


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.123
(<r2>)1/2 7.424