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All results from a given calculation for ClONO2 (Chlorine nitrate)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-736.591945
Energy at 298.15K-736.594291
HF Energy-736.591945
Nuclear repulsion energy220.609483
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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' 1518 1456 136.60      
2 A' 1143 1097 246.76      
3 A' 790 757 129.24      
4 A' 773 741 2.85      
5 A' 589 565 4.59      
6 A' 416 399 1.21      
7 A' 230 220 0.00      
8 A" 635 609 11.09      
9 A" 123 118 0.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3108.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2982.0 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.37368 0.08787 0.07114

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -1.634 0.364 0.000
O2 0.000 0.893 0.000
N3 0.983 -0.338 0.000
O4 0.468 -1.458 0.000
O5 2.144 0.088 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 N3 O4 O5
Cl11.71722.70862.78133.7876
O21.71721.57502.39752.2903
N32.70861.57501.23311.2368
O42.78132.39751.23312.2802
O53.78762.29031.23682.2802

picture of Chlorine nitrate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl1 O2 N3 110.646 O2 N3 O4 116.725
O2 N3 O5 108.483 O4 N3 O5 134.792
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.184      
2 O -0.264      
3 N 0.541      
4 O -0.236      
5 O -0.226      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.721 -0.268 0.000 0.770
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.675 -0.574 0.000
y -0.574 -35.443 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.369
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.231 -0.574 0.000
y -0.574 -2.920 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.690
Polar
3z2-r23.380
x2-y22.767
xy-0.574
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.403 -0.220 0.000
y -0.220 3.826 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.417


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.072
(<r2>)1/2 11.750