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All results from a given calculation for HNO3 (Nitric acid)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-279.481489
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-279.481489
Nuclear repulsion energy130.665696
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/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' 4084 3698 155.88 28.48 0.27 0.42
2 A' 1960 1775 621.62 1.39 0.37 0.54
3 A' 1598 1447 341.70 8.25 0.21 0.35
4 A' 1494 1353 172.34 1.30 0.69 0.81
5 A' 1141 1033 103.50 12.80 0.09 0.16
6 A' 792 717 6.55 2.65 0.56 0.72
7 A' 691 626 12.09 1.57 0.68 0.81
8 A" 935 847 30.00 0.12 0.75 0.86
9 A" 554 502 135.61 1.11 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6624.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5998.2 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.46274 0.43654 0.22463

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.134 0.000
O2 -0.294 -1.165 0.000
O3 1.150 0.405 0.000
O4 -0.925 0.844 0.000
H5 0.547 -1.606 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.33111.18181.16641.8235
O21.33112.13262.10570.9490
O31.18182.13262.12122.0996
O41.16642.10572.12122.8581
H51.82350.94902.09962.8581

picture of Nitric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O2 H5 104.974 O2 N1 O3 116.011
O2 N1 O4 114.785 O3 N1 O4 129.204
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 1.145      
2 O -0.506      
3 O -0.539      
4 O -0.475      
5 H 0.375      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.953 -2.569 0.000 2.740
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.285 -2.250 0.000
y -2.250 -19.700 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.520
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.175 -2.250 0.000
y -2.250 2.703 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.472
Polar
3z2-r22.945
x2-y2-4.585
xy-2.250
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.673 -0.344 0.000
y -0.344 3.107 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.695


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 52.415
(<r2>)1/2 7.240