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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-42.295574
Energy at 298.15K-42.297830
Nuclear repulsion energy37.803707
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/CEP-121G
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' 3607 3515 43.41      
2 A' 1597 1556 121.33      
3 A' 1224 1193 183.93      
4 A' 807 786 158.32      
5 A' 582 567 55.33      
6 A" 575 561 153.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4196.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9745) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4089.0 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/CEP-121G
ABC
2.86278 0.38786 0.34158

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 1.795 -0.269 0.000
O2 0.880 -0.639 0.000
N3 0.000 0.556 0.000
O4 -1.179 0.221 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 N3 O4
H10.98701.97513.0133
O20.98701.48382.2306
N31.97511.48381.2255
O43.01332.23061.2255

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 104.337 O2 N3 O4 110.471
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.347      
2 O -0.387      
3 N 0.119      
4 O -0.078      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.354 0.755 0.000 2.472
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.580 0.381 0.000
y 0.381 -19.045 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.091
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.988 0.381 0.000
y 0.381 -4.209 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.221
Polar
3z2-r20.442
x2-y25.465
xy0.381
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.268 -0.681 0.000
y -0.681 2.062 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.136


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 30.701
(<r2>)1/2 5.541