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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO2 (Methane, nitro-)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS Os out of place 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-245.014400
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-245.014400
Nuclear repulsion energy125.546205
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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
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' 3177 3055 1.83      
2 A' 3083 2964 0.47      
3 A' 1472 1416 19.69      
4 A' 1447 1391 88.15      
5 A' 1398 1345 17.65      
6 A' 1133 1089 1.72      
7 A' 943 907 16.11      
8 A' 673 648 17.63      
9 A' 623 599 4.95      
10 A" 3208 3085 0.30      
11 A" 1672 1608 317.18      
12 A" 1457 1401 36.16      
13 A" 1106 1064 9.20      
14 A" 483 464 0.75      
15 A" 21 20 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10948.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10527.9 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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.41508 0.35492 0.19849

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 -1.317 0.000
N2 -0.009 0.174 0.000
H3 1.045 -1.623 0.000
H4 -0.492 -1.659 0.904
H5 -0.492 -1.659 -0.904
O6 0.000 0.726 -1.081
O7 0.000 0.726 1.081

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5 O6 O7
C11.49111.08871.08491.08492.31122.3112
N21.49112.08362.10042.10041.21361.2136
H31.08872.08361.78351.78352.78872.7887
H41.08492.10041.78351.80863.14202.4418
H51.08492.10041.78351.80862.44183.1420
O62.31121.21362.78873.14202.44182.1618
O72.31121.21362.78872.44183.14202.1618

picture of Methane, nitro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O6 117.037 C1 N2 O7 117.037
N2 C1 H3 106.692 N2 C1 H4 108.215
N2 C1 H5 108.215 H3 C1 H4 110.277
H3 C1 H5 110.277 H4 C1 H5 112.926
O6 N2 O7 125.909
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.141      
2 N 0.339      
3 H 0.119      
4 H 0.113      
5 H 0.113      
6 O -0.272      
7 O -0.272      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.036 -3.468 0.000 3.468
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.329 -0.087 0.000
y -0.087 -21.899 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.158
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.699 -0.087 0.000
y -0.087 1.844 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.543
Polar
3z2-r2-9.087
x2-y20.570
xy-0.087
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.932 -0.027 0.000
y -0.027 4.405 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.165


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.541
(<r2>)1/2 7.971