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All results from a given calculation for ClONO2 (Chlorine nitrate)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-740.355192
Energy at 298.15K-740.357763
HF Energy-740.355192
Nuclear repulsion energy227.989517
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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' 1866 1776 389.16      
2 A' 1391 1324 283.43      
3 A' 843 802 93.57      
4 A' 814 774 119.65      
5 A' 614 584 56.85      
6 A' 467 445 9.25      
7 A' 258 245 0.03      
8 A" 747 711 11.68      
9 A" 132 126 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3565.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3394.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.40949 0.09219 0.07525

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -1.615 0.321 0.000
O2 0.000 0.819 0.000
N3 0.959 -0.291 0.000
O4 0.528 -1.400 0.000
O5 2.065 0.154 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 N3 O4 O5
Cl11.69052.64582.74903.6840
O21.69051.46722.28182.1695
N32.64581.46721.18981.1924
O42.74902.28181.18982.1858
O53.68402.16951.19242.1858

picture of Chlorine nitrate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 N3 113.647 O2 N3 O4 117.981
O2 N3 O5 108.880 O4 N3 O5 133.139
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.199      
2 O -0.099      
3 N -0.014      
4 O -0.038      
5 O -0.048      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.296 0.011 0.000 1.296
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.327 -0.234 0.000
y -0.234 -36.130 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.788
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.132 -0.234 0.000
y -0.234 -3.072 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.940
Polar
3z2-r23.880
x2-y22.803
xy-0.234
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.157 -0.101 0.000
y -0.101 4.958 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.956


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 132.015
(<r2>)1/2 11.490