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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-320.143684
Energy at 298.15K-320.149104
Nuclear repulsion energy181.534443
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/LANL2DZ
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' 3209 3084 5.24      
2 A' 3079 2959 13.60      
3 A' 1535 1476 247.35      
4 A' 1507 1448 30.23      
5 A' 1459 1403 23.93      
6 A' 1196 1150 186.83      
7 A' 1167 1121 13.59      
8 A' 962 924 90.93      
9 A' 805 773 134.94      
10 A' 610 586 12.85      
11 A' 527 506 1.27      
12 A' 310 298 4.20      
13 A" 3193 3069 22.18      
14 A" 1484 1426 16.60      
15 A" 1145 1100 0.00      
16 A" 676 650 11.37      
17 A" 182 175 2.54      
18 A" 130 125 3.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11586.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11137.2 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.36523 0.14598 0.10643

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.640 0.000
O2 -1.263 0.571 0.000
O3 0.740 1.647 0.000
O4 0.743 -0.626 0.000
C5 -0.137 -1.817 0.000
H6 0.582 -2.639 0.000
H7 -0.761 -1.836 0.898
H8 -0.761 -1.836 -0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 C5 H6 H7 H8
N11.26511.24981.46842.46103.33072.74122.7412
O21.26512.27422.33662.64003.70262.61732.6173
O31.24982.27422.27313.57354.28923.89723.8972
O41.46842.33662.27311.48122.01962.12872.1287
C52.46102.64003.57351.48121.09241.09321.0932
H63.33073.70264.28922.01961.09241.80401.8040
H72.74122.61733.89722.12871.09321.80401.7957
H82.74122.61733.89722.12871.09321.80401.7957

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 113.095 O2 N1 O3 129.467
O2 N1 O4 117.280 O3 N1 O4 113.254
O4 C5 H6 102.340 O4 C5 H7 110.656
O4 C5 H8 110.656 H6 C5 H7 111.259
H6 C5 H8 111.259 H7 C5 H8 110.434
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.254      
2 O -0.188      
3 O -0.157      
4 O -0.199      
5 C -0.434      
6 H 0.237      
7 H 0.244      
8 H 0.244      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.654 -3.666 0.000 3.724
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.912 0.306 0.000
y 0.306 -25.927 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.057
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.420 0.306 0.000
y 0.306 4.058 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.362
Polar
3z2-r24.725
x2-y2-6.985
xy0.306
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.032 0.435 0.000
y 0.435 6.461 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.498


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.504
(<r2>)1/2 10.320