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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-318.915771
Energy at 298.15K-318.921218
HF Energy-318.273553
Nuclear repulsion energy180.608580
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 MP2/6-31G
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' 3222 3083 3.21      
2 A' 3096 2962 11.00      
3 A' 1794 1716 53.39      
4 A' 1568 1500 9.95      
5 A' 1499 1434 2.61      
6 A' 1181 1130 34.03      
7 A' 1166 1116 161.25      
8 A' 965 923 88.54      
9 A' 777 743 204.22      
10 A' 608 581 61.11      
11 A' 526 503 13.95      
12 A' 316 302 2.81      
13 A" 3202 3063 18.41      
14 A" 1544 1477 9.06      
15 A" 1173 1122 0.80      
16 A" 679 649 9.41      
17 A" 195 187 2.09      
18 A" 124 118 4.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11816.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11305.6 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 MP2/6-31G
ABC
0.36020 0.14487 0.10542

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.645 0.000
O2 -1.262 0.586 0.000
O3 0.763 1.646 0.000
O4 0.749 -0.644 0.000
C5 -0.163 -1.820 0.000
H6 0.545 -2.652 0.000
H7 -0.786 -1.826 0.899
H8 -0.786 -1.826 -0.899

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 C5 H6 H7 H8
N11.26321.25841.49082.47023.34202.74472.7447
O21.26322.28562.35702.64463.70762.61762.6176
O31.25842.28562.28963.58694.30343.90673.9067
O41.49082.35702.28961.48802.01872.13602.1360
C52.47022.64463.58691.48801.09241.09371.0937
H63.34203.70764.30342.01871.09241.80561.8056
H72.74472.61763.90672.13601.09371.80561.7975
H82.74472.61763.90672.13601.09371.80561.7975

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 112.045 O2 N1 O3 130.032
O2 N1 O4 117.466 O3 N1 O4 112.502
O4 C5 H6 101.857 O4 C5 H7 110.729
O4 C5 H8 110.729 H6 C5 H7 111.367
H6 C5 H8 111.367 H7 C5 H8 110.521
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability