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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-280.670688
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-280.670688
Nuclear repulsion energy127.444099
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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
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' 3771 3615 75.25 44.79 0.32 0.49
2 A' 1855 1778 405.75 1.58 0.59 0.74
3 A' 1417 1358 335.99 8.43 0.20 0.33
4 A' 1381 1324 54.96 4.75 0.72 0.84
5 A' 961 921 190.52 9.24 0.11 0.20
6 A' 695 666 4.83 6.56 0.49 0.66
7 A' 616 591 10.29 2.98 0.66 0.80
8 A" 810 776 12.80 0.08 0.75 0.86
9 A" 522 500 155.95 2.75 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6013.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5763.6 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.44126 0.41274 0.21326

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.150 0.000
O2 -0.268 -1.213 0.000
O3 1.163 0.453 0.000
O4 -0.971 0.832 0.000
H5 0.607 -1.625 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.38881.20201.18651.8761
O21.38882.19632.16210.9678
O31.20202.19632.16732.1512
O41.18652.16212.16732.9203
H51.87610.96782.15122.9203

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 104.084 O2 N1 O3 115.744
O2 N1 O4 113.959 O3 N1 O4 130.297
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.468      
2 O -0.409      
3 O -0.268      
4 O -0.223      
5 H 0.432      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.209 -2.144 0.000 2.462
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.219 -2.654 0.000
y -2.654 -20.220 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.715
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.751 -2.654 0.000
y -2.654 2.247 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.504
Polar
3z2-r23.009
x2-y2-3.999
xy-2.654
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.786 -0.346 0.000
y -0.346 3.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.236


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 54.617
(<r2>)1/2 7.390