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All results from a given calculation for HNO3 (Nitric acid)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-280.888617
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-280.888617
Nuclear repulsion energy123.000707
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 BLYP/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' 3565 3546 71.42 57.84 0.21 0.34
2 A' 1667 1658 350.91 4.08 0.75 0.86
3 A' 1270 1263 281.04 13.31 0.21 0.35
4 A' 1238 1231 44.93 7.39 0.61 0.76
5 A' 805 801 175.36 10.00 0.07 0.14
6 A' 556 553 49.79 12.49 0.36 0.53
7 A' 525 523 1.87 5.11 0.48 0.65
8 A" 707 703 4.01 0.03 0.75 0.86
9 A" 448 445 125.72 1.00 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5390.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5361.8 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.41550 0.37764 0.19783

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.170 0.000
O2 -0.252 -1.282 0.000
O3 1.187 0.503 0.000
O4 -1.018 0.837 0.000
H5 0.663 -1.653 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.47321.23301.21721.9394
O21.47322.29272.25280.9872
O31.23302.29272.23042.2187
O41.21722.25282.23043.0040
H51.93940.98722.21873.0040

picture of Nitric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O2 H5 102.235 O2 N1 O3 115.527
O2 N1 O4 113.387 O3 N1 O4 131.086
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.064      
2 O -0.168      
3 O -0.074      
4 O -0.033      
5 H 0.340      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.241 -1.770 0.000 2.161
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.438 -2.769 0.000
y -2.769 -21.232 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.618
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.013 -2.769 0.000
y -2.769 1.796 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.217
Polar
3z2-r22.434
x2-y2-3.206
xy-2.769
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.741 -0.195 0.000
y -0.195 4.634 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.164


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.226
(<r2>)1/2 7.631