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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO3 (Methyl nitrate)

using model chemistry: B97D3/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-320.147046
Energy at 298.15K-320.152532
HF Energy-320.147046
Nuclear repulsion energy185.772280
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 B97D3/TZVP
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' 3095 3050 6.47      
2 A' 2991 2948 19.50      
3 A' 1692 1668 385.99      
4 A' 1472 1451 7.45      
5 A' 1428 1408 15.28      
6 A' 1283 1265 226.99      
7 A' 1158 1141 0.10      
8 A' 970 956 46.84      
9 A' 811 800 169.64      
10 A' 611 602 40.62      
11 A' 497 490 47.47      
12 A' 320 315 0.93      
13 A" 3072 3028 23.33      
14 A" 1439 1418 8.03      
15 A" 1140 1124 0.20      
16 A" 725 714 10.54      
17 A" 194 191 2.16      
18 A" 130 129 1.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11513.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9856) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11347.6 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 B97D3/TZVP
ABC
0.38492 0.15165 0.11112

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.649 0.000
O2 -1.208 0.603 0.000
O3 0.753 1.582 0.000
O4 0.719 -0.645 0.000
C5 -0.171 -1.775 0.000
H6 0.509 -2.631 0.000
H7 -0.798 -1.790 0.897
H8 -0.798 -1.790 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 C5 H6 H7 H8
N11.20861.19921.48032.42973.31862.71872.7187
O21.20862.19132.29612.59423.66132.58882.5888
O31.19922.19132.22743.48204.21993.81903.8190
O41.48032.29612.22741.43891.99682.10252.1025
C52.42972.59423.48201.43891.09311.09471.0947
H63.31863.66134.21991.99681.09311.79441.7944
H72.71872.58883.81902.10251.09471.79441.7945
H82.71872.58883.81902.10251.09471.79441.7945

picture of Methyl nitrate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O4 C5 112.668 O2 N1 O3 131.039
O2 N1 O4 116.925 O3 N1 O4 112.036
O4 C5 H6 103.265 O4 C5 H7 111.446
O4 C5 H8 111.446 H6 C5 H7 110.204
H6 C5 H8 110.204 H7 C5 H8 110.099
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.184      
2 O -0.132      
3 O -0.114      
4 O -0.159      
5 C -0.182      
6 H 0.140      
7 H 0.131      
8 H 0.131      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.658 -2.787 0.000 2.864
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.736 0.317 0.000
y 0.317 -26.231 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.995
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.123 0.317 0.000
y 0.317 3.135 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.988
Polar
3z2-r23.977
x2-y2-5.505
xy0.317
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.458 0.340 0.000
y 0.340 7.086 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.386


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 102.796
(<r2>)1/2 10.139