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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-280.747915
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-280.479976
Nuclear repulsion energy126.013673
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 B2PLYP/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' 3763 3763 93.32 44.07 0.31 0.47
2 A' 1777 1777 311.15 2.10 0.71 0.83
3 A' 1350 1350 257.49 6.98 0.35 0.52
4 A' 1326 1326 95.52 7.65 0.38 0.55
5 A' 904 904 181.71 9.89 0.11 0.19
6 A' 655 655 12.22 8.69 0.45 0.62
7 A' 588 588 8.65 3.57 0.66 0.79
8 A" 768 768 10.47 0.11 0.75 0.86
9 A" 477 477 133.57 2.79 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5803.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5803.6 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 B2PLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.43173 0.40231 0.20825

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.155 0.000
O2 -0.266 -1.233 0.000
O3 1.173 0.464 0.000
O4 -0.986 0.836 0.000
H5 0.624 -1.618 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.41301.21331.19831.8792
O21.41302.22502.19100.9695
O31.21332.22502.19062.1530
O41.19832.19102.19062.9349
H51.87920.96952.15302.9349

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 102.543 O2 N1 O3 115.608
O2 N1 O4 113.827 O3 N1 O4 130.564
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.431      
2 O -0.242      
3 O -0.249      
4 O -0.211      
5 H 0.271      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.166 -1.932 0.000 2.257
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.129 -2.537 -0.000
y -2.537 -20.576 0.001
z -0.000 0.001 -20.784
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.450 -2.537 -0.000
y -2.537 1.880 0.001
z -0.000 0.001 1.569
Polar
3z2-r23.138
x2-y2-3.553
xy-2.537
xz-0.000
yz0.001


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.919 -0.347 0.000
y -0.347 3.462 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 1.279


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.637
(<r2>)1/2 7.459