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All results from a given calculation for NO2 (Nitrogen dioxide)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.724477
Energy at 298.15K-203.725435
HF Energy-203.724477
Nuclear repulsion energy61.232459
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 PBEPBE/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 1078 1068 0.17 11.66 0.18 0.31
2 A1 656 650 6.36 3.30 0.74 0.85
3 B2 1297 1285 98.66 3.60 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1514.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1501.1 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
6.84401 0.38811 0.36729

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 0.350
O2 0.000 1.165 -0.153
O3 0.000 -1.165 -0.153

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3
N11.26911.2691
O21.26912.3305
O31.26912.3305

picture of Nitrogen dioxide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 N1 O3 133.312
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.386      
2 O -0.193      
3 O -0.193      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 0.077 0.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.531 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.505 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.358
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.900 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.561 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.660
Polar
3z2-r21.321
x2-y22.974
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.634 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.376 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.913


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.823
(<r2>)1/2 5.729