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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO3 (Methyl nitrate)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-318.290865
Energy at 298.15K-318.296656
Nuclear repulsion energy188.286583
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 HF/6-31G
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' 3395 3065 1.23      
2 A' 3269 2952 9.22      
3 A' 1672 1510 527.00      
4 A' 1647 1487 94.42      
5 A' 1610 1454 17.91      
6 A' 1401 1265 223.59      
7 A' 1298 1172 11.88      
8 A' 1114 1006 180.22      
9 A' 955 862 39.29      
10 A' 725 655 1.66      
11 A' 616 556 26.85      
12 A' 348 315 7.96      
13 A" 3381 3052 8.35      
14 A" 1635 1476 13.86      
15 A" 1273 1150 2.04      
16 A" 817 738 34.39      
17 A" 202 182 2.11      
18 A" 131 118 5.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12744.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11506.9 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.40130 0.15416 0.11375

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.611 0.000
O2 -1.220 0.550 0.000
O3 0.686 1.600 0.000
O4 0.695 -0.560 0.000
C5 -0.092 -1.795 0.000
H6 0.669 -2.553 0.000
H7 -0.700 -1.840 0.886
H8 -0.700 -1.840 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 C5 H6 H7 H8
N11.22171.20411.36142.40723.23352.69852.6985
O21.22172.17632.21362.60233.63292.60222.6022
O31.20412.17632.16043.48314.15323.81353.8135
O41.36142.21362.16041.46401.99292.09002.0900
C52.40722.60233.48311.46401.07411.07531.0753
H63.23353.63294.15321.99291.07411.77921.7792
H72.69852.60223.81352.09001.07531.77921.7722
H82.69852.60223.81352.09001.07531.77921.7722

picture of Methyl nitrate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O4 C5 116.808 O2 N1 O3 127.565
O2 N1 O4 117.851 O3 N1 O4 114.584
O4 C5 H6 102.386 O4 C5 H7 109.837
O4 C5 H8 109.837 H6 C5 H7 111.736
H6 C5 H8 111.736 H7 C5 H8 110.979
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.688 1.245    
2 O -0.386 -0.575    
3 O -0.328 -0.545    
4 O -0.480 -0.512    
5 C -0.139 0.096    
6 H 0.220 0.113    
7 H 0.213 0.089    
8 H 0.213 0.089    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.397 -4.409 0.000 4.427
CHELPG -0.415 -4.466 0.000 4.485
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.840 0.314 0.000
y 0.314 -26.278 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.206
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.098 0.314 0.000
y 0.314 4.245 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.853
Polar
3z2-r25.707
x2-y2-7.562
xy0.314
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.605 0.624 0.000
y 0.624 5.274 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.289


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.413
(<r2>)1/2 10.070