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All results from a given calculation for CH3ONO (Methyl nitrite)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS cis 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-245.026819
Energy at 298.15K-245.031478
Nuclear repulsion energy123.258791
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3171 3060 7.05      
2 A' 3049 2942 11.76      
3 A' 1696 1637 144.21      
4 A' 1488 1436 6.86      
5 A' 1441 1390 1.99      
6 A' 1189 1147 0.43      
7 A' 1007 971 99.98      
8 A' 877 846 66.28      
9 A' 693 669 103.49      
10 A' 353 341 2.20      
11 A" 3123 3013 16.73      
12 A" 1473 1422 8.36      
13 A" 1159 1118 0.93      
14 A" 374 361 1.62      
15 A" 181 175 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10636.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10264.0 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.68067 0.24942 0.18906

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.320 0.322 0.000
O2 0.000 0.886 0.000
H3 1.989 1.182 0.000
H4 1.479 -0.294 0.890
H5 1.479 -0.294 -0.890
N6 -1.042 -0.037 0.000
O7 -0.697 -1.169 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 N6 O7
C11.43571.08911.09341.09342.38972.5087
O21.43572.01062.09072.09071.39202.1702
H31.08912.01061.79671.79673.26683.5694
H41.09342.09071.79671.77932.68622.5089
H51.09342.09071.79671.77932.68622.5089
N62.38971.39203.26682.68622.68621.1839
O72.50872.17023.56942.50892.50891.1839

picture of Methyl nitrite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 N6 115.351 O2 C1 H3 104.723
O2 C1 H4 110.783 O2 C1 H5 110.783
O2 N6 O7 114.563 H3 C1 H4 110.810
H3 C1 H5 110.810 H4 C1 H5 108.902
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.244      
2 O -0.210      
3 H 0.149      
4 H 0.146      
5 H 0.146      
6 N 0.206      
7 O -0.193      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.118 0.178 0.000 2.126
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.542 0.465 0.000
y 0.465 -24.822 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.681
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.709 0.465 0.000
y 0.465 -3.210 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.501
Polar
3z2-r23.002
x2-y23.280
xy0.465
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.640 0.786 0.000
y 0.786 4.294 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.935


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 65.448
(<r2>)1/2 8.090