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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-740.371666
Energy at 298.15K-740.374244
HF Energy-740.371666
Nuclear repulsion energy228.501573
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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' 1896 1811 330.63      
2 A' 1404 1341 271.75      
3 A' 846 808 110.92      
4 A' 820 783 99.48      
5 A' 616 588 47.02      
6 A' 469 448 7.34      
7 A' 256 245 0.04      
8 A" 749 716 15.48      
9 A" 135 129 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3596.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3433.9 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
0.40980 0.09288 0.07572

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Cl1 -1.609 0.316 0.000
O2 0.000 0.823 0.000
N3 0.956 -0.290 0.000
O4 0.523 -1.396 0.000
O5 2.060 0.156 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Cl1 O2 N3 O4 O5
Cl11.68712.63572.73433.6729
O21.68711.46682.27952.1655
N32.63571.46681.18801.1907
O42.73432.27951.18802.1842
O53.67292.16551.19072.1842

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 113.192 O2 N3 O4 117.948
O2 N3 O5 108.703 O4 N3 O5 133.349
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Cl 0.249      
2 O -0.381      
3 N 0.760      
4 O -0.319      
5 O -0.309      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.141 -0.031 0.000 1.141
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.541 -0.248 0.000
y -0.248 -35.306 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.172
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.198 -0.248 0.000
y -0.248 -2.949 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.751
Polar
3z2-r23.502
x2-y22.765
xy-0.248
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.210 -0.035 0.000
y -0.035 4.042 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.074


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 130.870
(<r2>)1/2 11.440