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All results from a given calculation for HNO2 (Nitrous acid)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-205.705533
Energy at 298.15K-205.707695
Nuclear repulsion energy67.585636
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' 3595 3576 51.75      
2 A' 1701 1692 208.72      
3 A' 1199 1193 157.37      
4 A' 733 729 83.20      
5 A' 508 505 150.01      
6 A" 565 562 106.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4150.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4128.8 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
2.93138 0.39176 0.34558

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)
H1 1.796 -0.220 0.000
O2 0.911 -0.653 0.000
N3 0.000 0.544 0.000
O4 -1.136 0.205 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 N3 O4
H10.98511.95202.9629
O20.98511.50402.2197
N31.95201.50401.1853
O42.96292.21971.1853

picture of Nitrous acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 N3 101.247 O2 N3 O4 110.691
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 H 0.321      
2 O -0.138      
3 N -0.199      
4 O 0.016      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.234 -1.532 0.000 1.549
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.676 0.510 0.000
y 0.510 -18.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.599
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.088 0.510 0.000
y 0.510 -3.792 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.296
Polar
3z2-r2-0.592
x2-y25.254
xy0.510
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.300
(<r2>)1/2 6.025