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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-280.964645
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-280.964645
Nuclear repulsion energy125.780198
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 TPSSh/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' 3673 3538 53.24 50.45 0.33 0.49
2 A' 1778 1713 353.59 1.53 0.63 0.77
3 A' 1356 1306 278.38 7.47 0.32 0.48
4 A' 1327 1278 84.97 6.85 0.41 0.59
5 A' 890 857 187.21 8.56 0.11 0.20
6 A' 634 610 20.24 8.95 0.42 0.59
7 A' 575 554 7.89 3.48 0.63 0.77
8 A" 768 739 9.17 0.05 0.75 0.86
9 A" 503 485 147.99 3.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5751.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5539.8 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 TPSSh/6-311G*
ABC
0.43157 0.39910 0.20735

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.160 0.000
O2 -0.260 -1.240 0.000
O3 1.171 0.474 0.000
O4 -0.990 0.831 0.000
H5 0.632 -1.632 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.42381.21231.19571.8996
O21.42382.23302.19570.9741
O31.21232.23302.18962.1738
O41.19572.19572.18962.9483
H51.89960.97412.17382.9483

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 103.177 O2 N1 O3 115.558
O2 N1 O4 113.616 O3 N1 O4 130.826
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.465      
2 O -0.406      
3 O -0.260      
4 O -0.217      
5 H 0.418      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.233 -1.936 0.000 2.295
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.899 -0.332 0.000
y -0.332 3.530 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.248


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.756
(<r2>)1/2 7.467