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All results from a given calculation for HNO2 (Nitrous acid)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-203.849615
Energy at 298.15K-203.851788
HF Energy-203.453065
Nuclear repulsion energy65.528316
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 MP2/3-21G
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' 3449 3292 18.74      
2 A' 1316 1256 34.92      
3 A' 1107 1057 105.85      
4 A' 825 787 177.12      
5 A' 548 523 47.51      
6 A" 524 500 124.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3883.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3707.0 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
2.64420 0.37596 0.32916

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 -1.830 -0.131 0.000
O2 -0.956 -0.616 0.000
N3 0.000 0.563 0.000
O4 1.185 0.140 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 N3 O4
H10.99951.95693.0267
O20.99951.51792.2705
N31.95691.51791.2577
O43.02672.27051.2577

picture of Nitrous acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 N3 99.990 O2 N3 O4 109.422
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at MP2/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.359     0.344
2 O -0.444     -0.365
3 N 0.291     0.084
4 O -0.206     -0.063


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.797 1.004 0.000 2.058
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -1.708 1.050 0.000 2.005


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.252 -0.813 0.000
y -0.813 -18.204 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.593
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.646 -0.813 0.000
y -0.813 -3.782 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.135
Polar
3z2-r20.271
x2-y24.952
xy-0.813
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.461 0.451 0.000
y 0.451 1.363 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.651


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.214
(<r2>)1/2 6.100