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All results from a given calculation for CH3ONO (Methyl nitrite)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS cis 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-245.043802
Energy at 298.15K-245.048105
Nuclear repulsion energy120.050301
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 BLYP/6-311G**
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' 3071 3059 9.25      
2 A' 2948 2937 16.55      
3 A' 1629 1623 186.33      
4 A' 1448 1442 5.18      
5 A' 1394 1389 6.37      
6 A' 1129 1125 0.12      
7 A' 930 926 52.81      
8 A' 796 793 41.78      
9 A' 482 480 142.24      
10 A' 309 308 0.10      
11 A" 3007 2995 28.90      
12 A" 1431 1425 9.68      
13 A" 1113 1108 0.32      
14 A" 353 352 2.59      
15 A" 118 117 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10078.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10039.0 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.66373 0.23122 0.17732

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.342 0.380 0.000
O2 0.000 0.927 0.000
H3 2.003 1.253 0.000
H4 1.517 -0.235 0.895
H5 1.517 -0.235 -0.895
N6 -1.081 -0.101 0.000
O7 -0.690 -1.222 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 N6 O7
C11.44931.09461.10051.10052.47092.5878
O21.44932.02912.11032.11031.49242.2572
H31.09462.02911.80361.80363.36853.6574
H41.10052.11031.80361.79092.75132.5778
H51.10052.11031.80361.79092.75132.5778
N62.47091.49243.36852.75132.75131.1869
O72.58782.25723.65742.57782.57781.1869

picture of Methyl nitrite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 N6 114.262 O2 C1 H3 104.952
O2 C1 H4 110.974 O2 C1 H5 110.974
O2 N6 O7 114.315 H3 C1 H4 110.498
H3 C1 H5 110.498 H4 C1 H5 108.915
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.136      
2 O -0.266      
3 H 0.133      
4 H 0.120      
5 H 0.120      
6 N 0.172      
7 O -0.143      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.974 -0.139 0.000 1.979
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.657 0.852 0.000
y 0.852 -25.573 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.204
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.232 0.852 0.000
y 0.852 -3.643 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.411
Polar
3z2-r22.823
x2-y23.917
xy0.852
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.955 0.996 0.000
y 0.996 4.643 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.833


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.916
(<r2>)1/2 8.302