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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO (nitrosomethane)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.802888
Energy at 298.15K-169.806566
HF Energy-169.802888
Nuclear repulsion energy70.000742
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 TPSSh/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3157 3026 15.05      
2 A' 3034 2909 2.30      
3 A' 1659 1590 67.88      
4 A' 1477 1416 22.21      
5 A' 1379 1322 17.23      
6 A' 1155 1107 16.63      
7 A' 826 792 25.94      
8 A' 557 534 1.23      
9 A" 3123 2994 6.52      
10 A" 1478 1417 9.02      
11 A" 958 918 1.52      
12 A" 169 162 2.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9485.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9093.8 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
2.00818 0.38013 0.33988

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.952 -0.572 0.000
N2 0.000 0.578 0.000
O3 1.164 0.229 0.000
H4 -0.423 -1.529 0.000
H5 -1.589 -0.455 0.883
H6 -1.589 -0.455 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.49282.26181.09271.09521.0952
N21.49281.21502.14862.09082.0908
O32.26181.21502.36772.97062.9706
H41.09272.14862.36771.81401.8140
H51.09522.09082.97061.81401.7658
H61.09522.09082.97061.81401.7658

picture of nitrosomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O3 112.894 N2 C1 H4 111.475
N2 C1 H5 106.778 N2 C1 H6 106.778
H4 C1 H5 112.019 H4 C1 H6 112.019
H5 C1 H6 107.451
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.258      
2 N 0.044      
3 O -0.252      
4 H 0.145      
5 H 0.160      
6 H 0.160      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.945 -1.331 0.000 2.357
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.277 0.343 0.000
y 0.343 2.894 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.443


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 41.576
(<r2>)1/2 6.448