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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-319.898218
Energy at 298.15K-319.903966
HF Energy-319.898218
Nuclear repulsion energy189.089974
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3208 3063 2.79      
2 A' 3087 2948 14.59      
3 A' 1793 1712 459.30      
4 A' 1501 1434 5.10      
5 A' 1470 1403 59.01      
6 A' 1380 1318 203.16      
7 A' 1198 1144 1.20      
8 A' 1065 1017 113.23      
9 A' 903 862 168.79      
10 A' 696 664 13.55      
11 A' 599 572 1.89      
12 A' 348 332 3.78      
13 A" 3184 3040 10.33      
14 A" 1477 1410 12.27      
15 A" 1173 1120 0.59      
16 A" 792 756 13.94      
17 A" 208 199 1.22      
18 A" 145 138 2.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12112.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11565.1 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.39823 0.15841 0.11585

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.613 0.000
O2 -1.207 0.545 0.000
O3 0.711 1.579 0.000
O4 0.707 -0.585 0.000
C5 -0.129 -1.746 0.000
H6 0.586 -2.568 0.000
H7 -0.753 -1.777 0.895
H8 -0.753 -1.777 -0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 C5 H6 H7 H8
N11.20841.19971.39102.36193.23442.66112.6611
O21.20842.17852.22262.53163.59262.53012.5301
O31.19972.17852.16403.42924.14903.76973.7697
O41.39102.22262.16401.43061.98682.08722.0872
C52.36192.53163.42921.43061.09001.09181.0918
H63.23443.59264.14901.98681.09001.79471.7947
H72.66112.53013.76972.08721.09181.79471.7906
H82.66112.53013.76972.08721.09181.79471.7906

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 113.660 O2 N1 O3 129.555
O2 N1 O4 117.360 O3 N1 O4 113.085
O4 C5 H6 103.208 O4 C5 H7 110.960
O4 C5 H8 110.960 H6 C5 H7 110.683
H6 C5 H8 110.683 H7 C5 H8 110.176
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.023      
2 O -0.129      
3 O -0.099      
4 O -0.050      
5 C -0.264      
6 H 0.186      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.190      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.415 -3.396 0.000 3.422
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.998 0.183 0.000
y 0.183 -26.633 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.127
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.118 0.183 0.000
y 0.183 2.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.189
Polar
3z2-r24.378
x2-y2-5.365
xy0.183
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.418 0.373 0.000
y 0.373 6.623 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.467


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.615
(<r2>)1/2 9.981