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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO2 (Methane, nitro-)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS Os out of place 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-244.746935
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-244.746935
Nuclear repulsion energy125.374457
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3223 3072 1.27      
2 A' 3121 2975 0.34      
3 A' 1507 1436 44.99      
4 A' 1488 1419 73.05      
5 A' 1426 1359 10.07      
6 A' 1150 1097 2.31      
7 A' 963 918 13.87      
8 A' 684 652 21.88      
9 A' 624 594 5.77      
10 A" 3255 3102 0.25      
11 A" 1752 1670 279.61      
12 A" 1488 1418 31.30      
13 A" 1124 1071 7.20      
14 A" 488 465 0.59      
15 A" 40 38 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11166.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10643.1 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.41210 0.35610 0.19823

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.001 -1.313 0.000
N2 -0.012 0.173 0.000
H3 1.050 -1.620 0.000
H4 -0.493 -1.658 0.906
H5 -0.493 -1.658 -0.906
O6 0.001 0.725 -1.085
O7 0.001 0.725 1.085

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5 O6 O7
C11.48631.09241.08841.08842.30922.3092
N21.48632.08372.09892.09891.21741.2174
H31.09242.08371.78971.78972.78852.7885
H41.08842.09891.78971.81273.14482.4407
H51.08842.09891.78971.81272.44073.1448
O62.30921.21742.78853.14482.44072.1697
O72.30921.21742.78852.44073.14482.1697

picture of Methane, nitro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O6 116.973 C1 N2 O7 116.973
N2 C1 H3 106.820 N2 C1 H4 108.223
N2 C1 H5 108.223 H3 C1 H4 110.300
H3 C1 H5 110.300 H4 C1 H5 112.753
O6 N2 O7 126.020
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.410      
2 N 0.459      
3 H 0.237      
4 H 0.229      
5 H 0.229      
6 O -0.372      
7 O -0.372      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.052 -3.484 0.000 3.485
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.225 -0.119 0.000
y -0.119 -21.716 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.883
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.574 -0.119 0.000
y -0.119 1.839 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.413
Polar
3z2-r2-8.826
x2-y20.490
xy-0.119
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.512 -0.028 0.000
y -0.028 3.777 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.710


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.487
(<r2>)1/2 7.968