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All results from a given calculation for C3H7ONO (Propyl nitrite)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 1A'
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.646648
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-323.646648
Nuclear repulsion energy233.331636
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 B3LYP/6-31G**
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' 3126 3003 28.61      
2 A' 3056 2936 39.44      
3 A' 3045 2925 25.06      
4 A' 3039 2920 10.67      
5 A' 1760 1691 215.00      
6 A' 1533 1473 10.74      
7 A' 1520 1461 1.62      
8 A' 1508 1449 2.24      
9 A' 1432 1376 3.99      
10 A' 1421 1366 18.22      
11 A' 1337 1285 16.05      
12 A' 1162 1116 4.56      
13 A' 1068 1026 24.90      
14 A' 1043 1002 4.66      
15 A' 932 896 118.72      
16 A' 853 819 390.05      
17 A' 661 635 35.58      
18 A' 387 372 0.02      
19 A' 350 337 1.24      
20 A' 154 148 0.39      
21 A" 3118 2996 71.01      
22 A" 3097 2976 6.57      
23 A" 3079 2959 4.34      
24 A" 1516 1457 6.55      
25 A" 1323 1272 0.00      
26 A" 1270 1220 0.25      
27 A" 1188 1141 0.70      
28 A" 899 863 1.29      
29 A" 766 736 2.20      
30 A" 240 231 0.01      
31 A" 213 205 0.78      
32 A" 98 95 1.44      
33 A" 65i 63i 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23064.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22160.1 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.71956 0.04484 0.04323

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.949 2.200 0.000
C2 -1.515 0.731 0.000
C3 0.000 0.586 0.000
O4 0.299 -0.829 0.000
N5 1.701 -1.033 0.000
O6 1.953 -2.189 0.000
H7 -3.040 2.282 0.000
H8 -1.577 2.728 0.885
H9 -1.577 2.728 -0.885
H10 -1.918 0.216 -0.879
H11 -1.918 0.216 0.879
H12 0.443 1.050 0.889
H13 0.443 1.050 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 N5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.53202.53113.77234.87645.87331.09351.09551.09552.17062.17062.79942.7994
C21.53201.52152.39233.66784.53352.17552.18512.18511.09591.09592.17352.1735
C32.53111.52151.44562.34823.39333.48132.80342.80342.14212.14211.09631.0963
O43.77232.39231.44561.41652.14144.56384.11744.11742.60392.60392.08342.0834
N54.87643.66782.34821.41651.18355.78515.06695.06693.92823.92822.59082.5908
O65.87334.53353.39332.14141.18356.70256.11746.11744.64134.64133.68293.6829
H71.09352.17553.48134.56385.78516.70251.76691.76692.51032.51033.79993.7999
H81.09552.18512.80344.11745.06696.11741.76691.76923.08852.53552.62593.1686
H91.09552.18512.80344.11745.06696.11741.76691.76922.53553.08853.16862.6259
H102.17061.09592.14212.60393.92824.64132.51033.08852.53551.75803.06532.5044
H112.17061.09592.14212.60393.92824.64132.51032.53553.08851.75802.50443.0653
H122.79942.17351.09632.08342.59083.68293.79992.62593.16863.06532.50441.7773
H132.79942.17351.09632.08342.59083.68293.79993.16862.62592.50443.06531.7773

picture of Propyl nitrite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.974 C1 C2 H10 110.268
C1 C2 H11 110.268 C2 C1 H7 110.797
C2 C1 H8 111.444 C2 C1 H9 111.444
C2 C3 O4 107.439 C2 C3 H12 111.216
C2 C3 H13 111.216 C3 C2 H10 108.756
C3 C2 H11 108.756 C3 O4 N5 110.251
O4 C3 H12 109.319 O4 C3 H13 109.319
O4 N5 O6 110.579 H7 C1 H8 107.637
H7 C1 H9 107.637 H8 C1 H9 107.701
H10 C2 H11 106.656 H12 C3 H13 108.303
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.328      
2 C -0.204      
3 C 0.076      
4 O -0.381      
5 N 0.287      
6 O -0.244      
7 H 0.115      
8 H 0.110      
9 H 0.110      
10 H 0.118      
11 H 0.118      
12 H 0.112      
13 H 0.112      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.417 2.454 0.000 2.834
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.492 1.570 0.000
y 1.570 -39.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.575
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.669 1.570 0.000
y 1.570 -3.036 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.705
Polar
3z2-r27.410
x2-y21.578
xy1.570
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.038 -2.205 0.000
y -2.205 8.217 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.491


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 245.852
(<r2>)1/2 15.680

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.648539
Energy at 298.15K-323.657533
HF Energy-323.648539
Nuclear repulsion energy240.181150
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 B3LYP/6-31G**
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 3130 3007 28.42      
2 A 3118 2996 40.60      
3 A 3103 2981 24.31      
4 A 3080 2959 15.31      
5 A 3049 2929 21.54      
6 A 3047 2928 34.05      
7 A 3040 2921 13.34      
8 A 1768 1699 234.34      
9 A 1522 1462 5.91      
10 A 1515 1455 6.78      
11 A 1500 1441 1.77      
12 A 1493 1434 1.80      
13 A 1431 1375 6.54      
14 A 1407 1352 13.82      
15 A 1388 1334 4.46      
16 A 1310 1259 1.90      
17 A 1294 1243 8.92      
18 A 1191 1145 7.28      
19 A 1119 1075 6.63      
20 A 1080 1038 21.42      
21 A 1005 966 8.99      
22 A 937 900 71.98      
23 A 875 840 6.78      
24 A 840 807 331.14      
25 A 782 752 40.23      
26 A 608 584 31.69      
27 A 452 434 7.37      
28 A 379 364 2.54      
29 A 284 273 0.90      
30 A 240 231 0.93      
31 A 183 176 0.43      
32 A 110 106 0.96      
33 A 59 57 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23169.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22260.9 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.25613 0.06647 0.05739

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -2.211 -0.922 0.183
C2 -1.768 0.459 -0.314
C3 -0.410 0.897 0.222
O4 0.581 -0.026 -0.289
N5 1.811 0.206 0.317
O6 2.594 -0.560 -0.145
H7 -3.195 -1.185 -0.218
H8 -2.280 -0.944 1.276
H9 -1.502 -1.695 -0.126
H10 -1.734 0.475 -1.410
H11 -2.497 1.221 -0.012
H12 -0.153 1.907 -0.113
H13 -0.384 0.873 1.317

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 N5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.53312.55962.97024.17954.83001.09401.09571.09302.17152.17073.51132.8012
C21.53311.52362.39883.64284.48272.17872.18172.17811.09621.09712.17882.1786
C32.55961.52361.44782.32833.35933.50392.82742.83332.14272.12471.09521.0957
O42.97022.39881.44781.39032.08763.95023.38762.67412.62073.33302.07562.0783
N54.17953.64282.32831.39031.18885.22274.35623.84523.95234.43842.63332.5029
O64.83004.48273.35932.08761.18885.82285.09114.25064.62675.39563.69253.6140
H71.09402.17873.50393.95025.22275.82281.76861.76992.51162.51324.33893.8065
H81.09572.18172.82743.38764.35625.09111.76861.76983.08632.52883.81882.6262
H91.09302.17812.83332.67413.84524.25061.76991.76982.53193.08273.84653.1502
H102.17151.09622.14272.62073.95234.62672.51163.08632.53191.75832.49693.0684
H112.17071.09712.12473.33304.43845.39562.51322.52883.08271.75832.44502.5204
H123.51132.17881.09522.07562.63333.69254.33893.81883.84652.49692.44501.7794
H132.80122.17861.09572.07832.50293.61403.80652.62623.15023.06842.52041.7794

picture of Propyl nitrite state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 113.730 C1 C2 H10 110.248
C1 C2 H11 110.130 C2 C1 H7 110.952
C2 C1 H8 111.083 C2 C1 H9 110.963
C2 C3 O4 107.638 C2 C3 H12 111.562
C2 C3 H13 111.516 C3 C2 H10 108.656
C3 C2 H11 107.213 C3 O4 N5 110.228
O4 C3 H12 108.619 O4 C3 H13 108.806
O4 N5 O6 107.818 H7 C1 H8 107.735
H7 C1 H9 108.051 H8 C1 H9 107.916
H10 C2 H11 106.574 H12 C3 H13 108.621
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.324      
2 C -0.189      
3 C 0.046      
4 O -0.360      
5 N 0.280      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.109      
8 H 0.107      
9 H 0.121      
10 H 0.116      
11 H 0.103      
12 H 0.114      
13 H 0.114      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.345 -0.843 0.739 2.599
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.304 0.454 -0.647
y 0.454 -34.540 -0.781
z -0.647 -0.781 -36.643
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.712 0.454 -0.647
y 0.454 2.934 -0.781
z -0.647 -0.781 -0.221
Polar
3z2-r2-0.443
x2-y2-3.764
xy0.454
xz-0.647
yz-0.781


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.107 -1.134 0.001
y -1.134 6.624 -0.017
z 0.001 -0.017 5.768


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 197.157
(<r2>)1/2 14.041