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All results from a given calculation for HNO2 (Nitrous acid)

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-204.457148
Energy at 298.15K-204.459391
Nuclear repulsion energy66.831855
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' 3480 3339 24.21      
2 A' 1506 1444 51.60      
3 A' 1230 1180 190.40      
4 A' 869 834 113.94      
5 A' 572 548 30.79      
6 A" 557 534 121.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4106.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3939.6 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
2.80439 0.38742 0.34040

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)
H1 1.813 -0.178 0.000
O2 0.926 -0.638 0.000
N3 0.000 0.551 0.000
O4 -1.153 0.178 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 N3 O4
H10.99871.95412.9873
O20.99871.50702.2335
N31.95411.50701.2119
O42.98732.23351.2119

picture of Nitrous acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 O2 N3 100.530 O2 N3 O4 109.989
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.353      
2 O -0.393      
3 N 0.315      
4 O -0.276      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.215 -1.611 0.000 1.625
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -13.027 0.551 0.000
y 0.551 -17.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.454
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.668 0.551 0.000
y 0.551 -3.695 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.027
Polar
3z2-r20.054
x2-y24.909
xy0.551
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> 36.113
(<r2>)1/2 6.009