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All results from a given calculation for NaOH (sodium hydroxide)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 1Σ
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-238.092404
Energy at 298.15K-238.093772
Nuclear repulsion energy29.699801
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' 3686 3658 11.51      
2 A' 528 524 18.85      
3 A' 410 407 113.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2312.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2294.5 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
24.81046 0.41203 0.40530

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)
O1 0.043 1.084 0.000
Na2 0.043 -0.929 0.000
H3 -0.818 1.544 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Na2 H3
O12.01240.9762
Na22.01242.6186
H30.97622.6186

picture of sodium hydroxide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Na2 O1 H3 118.157
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 O -0.685      
2 Na 0.447      
3 H 0.238      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.609 -5.320 0.000 5.355
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -11.661 -3.021 0.000
y -3.021 -10.524 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.050
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.626 -3.021 0.000
y -3.021 2.332 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.958
Polar
3z2-r2-5.916
x2-y2-1.137
xy-3.021
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 29.516
(<r2>)1/2 5.433