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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-280.764243
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-280.764243
Nuclear repulsion energy119.621439
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 BLYP/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' 3379 3353 30.29 71.10 0.32 0.49
2 A' 1562 1550 178.92 1.48 0.70 0.82
3 A' 1211 1202 143.84 9.48 0.51 0.67
4 A' 1164 1155 134.99 5.99 0.30 0.46
5 A' 761 755 130.73 7.82 0.15 0.27
6 A' 523 519 33.94 11.97 0.37 0.54
7 A' 480 477 4.47 4.82 0.61 0.76
8 A" 653 648 2.97 0.00 0.75 0.86
9 A" 443 440 155.44 7.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5088.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5049.4 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 BLYP/6-31G
ABC
0.39515 0.35354 0.18660

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.183 0.000
O2 -0.245 -1.331 0.000
O3 1.212 0.537 0.000
O4 -1.053 0.845 0.000
H5 0.689 -1.694 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.53381.26271.24352.0003
O21.53382.36912.32051.0024
O31.26272.36912.28612.2922
O41.24352.32052.28613.0792
H52.00031.00242.29223.0792

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 102.083 O2 N1 O3 115.465
O2 N1 O4 112.927 O3 N1 O4 131.608
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.361      
2 O -0.345      
3 O -0.214      
4 O -0.176      
5 H 0.374      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.398 -1.568 0.000 2.100
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.336 -2.996 0.000
y -2.996 -20.782 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.086
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.402 -2.996 0.000
y -2.996 1.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.473
Polar
3z2-r22.946
x2-y2-3.555
xy-2.996
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.110 -0.345 0.000
y -0.345 3.997 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.934


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 60.654
(<r2>)1/2 7.788