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All results from a given calculation for CH3NO2 (Methane, nitro-)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS Os out of place 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-244.914422
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-244.914422
Nuclear repulsion energy125.370779
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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
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' 3219 3065 0.83      
2 A' 3115 2966 0.38      
3 A' 1523 1450 88.47      
4 A' 1481 1410 18.11      
5 A' 1419 1351 8.39      
6 A' 1143 1088 1.35      
7 A' 966 919 8.94      
8 A' 685 652 25.30      
9 A' 620 591 5.65      
10 A" 3244 3089 0.17      
11 A" 1748 1664 430.32      
12 A" 1472 1402 34.76      
13 A" 1124 1070 12.84      
14 A" 493 469 1.15      
15 A" 93i 89i 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11078.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10549.2 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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
ABC
0.41446 0.35363 0.19801

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.001 -1.321 0.000
N2 -0.011 0.172 0.000
H3 1.050 -1.618 0.000
H4 -0.494 -1.656 0.908
H5 -0.494 -1.656 -0.908
O6 0.001 0.728 -1.081
O7 0.001 0.728 1.081

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 H3 H4 H5 O6 O7
C11.49261.09051.08691.08692.31642.3164
N21.49262.08062.09722.09721.21601.2160
H31.09052.08061.79151.79152.78812.7881
H41.08692.09721.79151.81573.14382.4406
H51.08692.09721.79151.81572.44063.1438
O62.31641.21602.78813.14382.44062.1628
O72.31641.21602.78812.44063.14382.1628

picture of Methane, nitro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N2 O6 117.200 C1 N2 O7 117.200
N2 C1 H3 106.265 N2 C1 H4 107.748
N2 C1 H5 107.748 H3 C1 H4 110.722
H3 C1 H5 110.722 H4 C1 H5 113.297
O6 N2 O7 125.576
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.378      
2 N 0.085      
3 H 0.213      
4 H 0.206      
5 H 0.206      
6 O -0.167      
7 O -0.167      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.025 -3.880 0.000 3.880
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.831 -0.093 0.000
y -0.093 -22.355 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.826
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.759 -0.093 0.000
y -0.093 1.974 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.733
Polar
3z2-r2-9.466
x2-y20.524
xy-0.093
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.025 -0.043 0.000
y -0.043 4.414 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.524


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.983
(<r2>)1/2 7.999