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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO (nitrosomethane)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.204789
Energy at 298.15K-168.208330
HF Energy-167.851370
Nuclear repulsion energy67.127924
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3202 3046 8.06      
2 A' 3093 2942 1.90      
3 A' 1566 1489 12.82      
4 A' 1439 1369 10.21      
5 A' 1176 1119 6.64      
6 A' 1098 1045 16.47      
7 A' 785 747 14.54      
8 A' 536 510 1.98      
9 A" 3183 3028 7.42      
10 A" 1569 1493 9.51      
11 A" 1012 962 1.12      
12 A" 111 105 2.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9384.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8927.0 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
1.75490 0.35910 0.31599

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.011 -0.536 0.000
N2 0.000 0.627 0.000
O3 1.226 0.143 0.000
H4 -0.475 -1.486 0.000
H5 -1.633 -0.419 0.891
H6 -1.633 -0.419 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.54102.33771.09151.09311.0931
N21.54101.31802.16632.13492.1349
O32.33771.31802.35533.04733.0473
H41.09152.16632.35531.80961.8096
H51.09312.13493.04731.80961.7823
H61.09312.13493.04731.80961.7823

picture of nitrosomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O3 109.452 N2 C1 H4 109.571
N2 C1 H5 107.054 N2 C1 H6 107.054
H4 C1 H5 111.858 H4 C1 H6 111.858
H5 C1 H6 109.220
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability