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All results from a given calculation for HNO3 (Nitric acid)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-280.967374
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-280.967374
Nuclear repulsion energy126.213510
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 B3LYP/6-311G**
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' 3735 3611 90.70 44.67 0.31 0.47
2 A' 1779 1720 368.05 1.52 0.64 0.78
3 A' 1359 1314 321.21 8.43 0.21 0.35
4 A' 1328 1284 44.89 4.99 0.68 0.81
5 A' 911 881 184.89 8.79 0.11 0.20
6 A' 654 632 13.40 8.09 0.44 0.61
7 A' 589 569 7.88 3.36 0.64 0.78
8 A" 776 750 12.12 0.09 0.75 0.86
9 A" 482 466 133.67 2.88 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5806.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5613.8 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 B3LYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.43462 0.40206 0.20885

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.156 0.000
O2 -0.265 -1.234 0.000
O3 1.169 0.465 0.000
O4 -0.982 0.835 0.000
H5 0.623 -1.626 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 O2 O3 O4 H5
N11.41461.20951.19381.8873
O21.41462.22352.18920.9711
O31.20952.22352.18262.1609
O41.19382.18922.18262.9378
H51.88730.97112.16092.9378

picture of Nitric acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 O2 H5 102.994 O2 N1 O3 115.628
O2 N1 O4 113.859 O3 N1 O4 130.513
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.425      
2 O -0.238      
3 O -0.251      
4 O -0.211      
5 H 0.275      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.151 -2.001 0.000 2.309
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.171 -2.533 0.000
y -2.533 -20.445 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.719
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.589 -2.533 0.000
y -2.533 2.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.589
Polar
3z2-r23.178
x2-y2-3.726
xy-2.533
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.859 -0.347 0.000
y -0.347 3.453 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.283


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 55.500
(<r2>)1/2 7.450