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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-279.199836
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-279.199836
Nuclear repulsion energy121.935610
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 B1B95/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3467 3316 45.61 60.98 0.33 0.50
2 A' 1572 1504 119.18 0.89 0.72 0.84
3 A' 1238 1184 157.62 6.64 0.61 0.76
4 A' 1181 1130 194.65 3.63 0.30 0.46
5 A' 873 835 79.32 11.83 0.12 0.22
6 A' 610 584 0.54 6.78 0.54 0.70
7 A' 499 478 13.91 2.64 0.73 0.84
8 A" 689 659 17.67 0.11 0.75 0.86
9 A" 490 469 154.51 6.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5309.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5079.7 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.40445 0.37614 0.19489

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.165 0.000
O2 -0.310 -1.269 0.000
O3 1.227 0.431 0.000
O4 -0.993 0.899 0.000
H5 0.616 -1.645 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.46781.25521.23471.9125
O21.46782.29212.27300.9998
O31.25522.29212.26882.1642
O41.23472.27302.26883.0102
H51.91250.99982.16423.0102

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 99.882 O2 N1 O3 114.425
O2 N1 O4 114.228 O3 N1 O4 131.347
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.514      
2 O -0.365      
3 O -0.289      
4 O -0.253      
5 H 0.393      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.264 -1.857 0.000 2.247
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.004 -2.650 0.000
y -2.650 -20.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.511
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.707 -2.650 0.000
y -2.650 2.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.533
Polar
3z2-r23.067
x2-y2-3.921
xy-2.650
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.526 -0.439 0.000
y -0.439 3.211 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.656


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.266
(<r2>)1/2 7.633