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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-280.913626
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-280.913626
Nuclear repulsion energy125.960172
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 TPSSh/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' 3686 3557 72.28 46.16 0.27 0.43
2 A' 1782 1720 316.00 1.45 0.70 0.82
3 A' 1352 1305 289.17 9.28 0.15 0.26
4 A' 1321 1275 40.55 4.37 0.73 0.84
5 A' 901 869 159.91 9.34 0.09 0.17
6 A' 643 620 7.15 6.17 0.43 0.60
7 A' 570 550 9.15 2.20 0.63 0.78
8 A" 777 750 9.62 0.01 0.75 0.86
9 A" 517 499 106.94 2.41 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5774.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5572.0 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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.43114 0.40248 0.20816

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.155 0.000
O2 -0.273 -1.232 0.000
O3 1.176 0.454 0.000
O4 -0.982 0.843 0.000
H5 0.626 -1.610 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.41331.21381.19911.8729
O21.41332.22312.19280.9750
O31.21382.22312.19322.1365
O41.19912.19282.19322.9333
H51.87290.97502.13652.9333

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 101.712 O2 N1 O3 115.393
O2 N1 O4 113.894 O3 N1 O4 130.714
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.886      
2 O -0.429      
3 O -0.421      
4 O -0.373      
5 H 0.337      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.048 -1.931 0.000 2.197
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.910 -0.299 0.000
y -0.299 3.744 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.784


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.265
(<r2>)1/2 7.434