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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO (nitrosomethane)

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.910619
Energy at 298.15K-168.914302
HF Energy-168.910619
Nuclear repulsion energy70.486358
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 LSDA/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' 3093 3036 9.46      
2 A' 2966 2911 1.13      
3 A' 1667 1635 67.76      
4 A' 1402 1375 26.61      
5 A' 1306 1281 47.01      
6 A' 1128 1107 15.45      
7 A' 860 844 33.07      
8 A' 565 554 1.76      
9 A" 3062 3005 0.02      
10 A" 1396 1370 15.48      
11 A" 921 904 0.20      
12 A" 182 179 4.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9273.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9099.6 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
2.02896 0.38821 0.34703

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.943 -0.550 0.000
N2 0.000 0.568 0.000
O3 1.158 0.212 0.000
H4 -0.421 -1.523 0.000
H5 -1.594 -0.423 0.885
H6 -1.594 -0.423 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.46232.23481.10381.10581.1058
N21.46231.21182.13262.07522.0752
O32.23481.21182.34572.96002.9600
H41.10382.13262.34571.83491.8349
H51.10582.07522.96001.83491.7692
H61.10582.07522.96001.83491.7692

picture of nitrosomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O3 113.047 N2 C1 H4 111.654
N2 C1 H5 106.996 N2 C1 H6 106.996
H4 C1 H5 112.283 H4 C1 H6 112.283
H5 C1 H6 106.256
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.451      
2 N 0.053      
3 O -0.237      
4 H 0.196      
5 H 0.220      
6 H 0.220      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.053 -1.340 0.000 2.451
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.726 0.352 0.000
y 0.352 -18.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.419
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.052 0.352 0.000
y 0.352 -1.857 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.909
Polar
3z2-r23.818
x2-y21.203
xy0.352
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.320 0.353 0.000
y 0.353 2.931 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.458


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 41.047
(<r2>)1/2 6.407