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

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS cis 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-243.673408
Energy at 298.15K-243.678354
Nuclear repulsion energy125.921457
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 HF/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' 3340 3014 15.73      
2 A' 3227 2912 20.04      
3 A' 1958 1767 186.88      
4 A' 1629 1471 9.08      
5 A' 1598 1443 0.21      
6 A' 1330 1200 3.12      
7 A' 1224 1105 353.87      
8 A' 1009 911 70.67      
9 A' 882 796 12.29      
10 A' 398 359 5.64      
11 A" 3311 2989 28.76      
12 A" 1620 1462 7.03      
13 A" 1278 1154 3.52      
14 A" 370 334 5.42      
15 A" 244 221 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11708.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10568.0 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
0.71820 0.25711 0.19626

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.316 0.304 0.000
O2 0.000 0.843 0.000
H3 1.961 1.168 0.000
H4 1.485 -0.295 0.883
H5 1.485 -0.295 -0.883
N6 -1.014 -0.011 0.000
O7 -0.716 -1.134 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 H3 H4 H5 N6 O7
C11.42161.07831.08111.08112.35092.4892
O21.42161.98792.06922.06921.32542.1027
H31.07831.98791.77461.77463.20023.5308
H41.08112.06921.77461.76662.66582.5154
H51.08112.06921.77461.76662.66582.5154
N62.35091.32543.20022.66582.66581.1624
O72.48922.10273.53082.51542.51541.1624

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 117.648 O2 C1 H3 104.507
O2 C1 H4 110.803 O2 C1 H5 110.803
O2 N6 O7 115.227 H3 C1 H4 110.532
H3 C1 H5 110.532 H4 C1 H5 109.582
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.049 0.134    
2 O -0.484 -0.189    
3 H 0.152 -0.143    
4 H 0.143 -0.061    
5 H 0.143 0.081    
6 N 0.445 0.081    
7 O -0.348 0.096    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.299 0.299 0.000 2.318
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.357 0.171 0.000
y 0.171 -25.851 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.824
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.480 0.171 0.000
y 0.171 -4.261 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.780
Polar
3z2-r23.561
x2-y24.494
xy0.171
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.481 1.105 0.000
y 1.105 3.567 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.614


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.942
(<r2>)1/2 7.996