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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO (nitrosomethane)

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 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.834385
Energy at 298.15K-168.838208
HF Energy-168.834385
Nuclear repulsion energy71.559079
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' 3306 2984 15.02      
2 A' 3195 2884 6.26      
3 A' 1971 1779 87.15      
4 A' 1593 1438 18.00      
5 A' 1542 1392 6.42      
6 A' 1286 1161 13.57      
7 A' 996 899 3.02      
8 A' 634 572 5.40      
9 A" 3276 2957 12.88      
10 A" 1593 1438 9.45      
11 A" 1093 987 3.95      
12 A" 173 157 0.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10328.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9322.7 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
2.12456 0.39422 0.35415

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 -0.927 -0.572 0.000
N2 0.000 0.560 0.000
O3 1.134 0.247 0.000
H4 -0.395 -1.515 0.000
H5 -1.558 -0.474 0.876
H6 -1.558 -0.474 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.46382.21801.08231.08431.0843
N21.46381.17662.11222.06502.0650
O32.21801.17662.33232.92122.9212
H41.08232.11222.33231.79011.7901
H51.08432.06502.92121.79011.7529
H61.08432.06502.92121.79011.7529

picture of nitrosomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O3 113.842 N2 C1 H4 111.233
N2 C1 H5 107.340 N2 C1 H6 107.340
H4 C1 H5 111.427 H4 C1 H6 111.427
H5 C1 H6 107.866
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.213      
2 N 0.074      
3 O -0.310      
4 H 0.145      
5 H 0.152      
6 H 0.152      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.163 -1.437 0.000 2.597
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.405 0.351 0.000
y 0.351 -18.889 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.582
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.669 0.351 0.000
y 0.351 -1.396 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.065
Polar
3z2-r24.131
x2-y20.484
xy0.351
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.981 0.169 0.000
y 0.169 2.589 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.348


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 40.602
(<r2>)1/2 6.372