Nitrogen Dioxide Geometries
We used a software to make several calculations for Nitrogen Dioxide. After creating the atom in avogadro, we used wxMacMolPlt to create different calculations of our molecule. Our first calculation was PM3, so this should be the worst calculated molecule of them all. The second was calculated with 6-21G, then 6-31G, then finally the DZV. Below shows the bond angles and lengths for each calculation, and how close they were to the actual bond length of 1.204A and the actual bond angle of 134.3 degrees.
 
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6-21G

The calculation with 6-21G shows that this calculation was closer to the actual bond angle and length than the first calculation with PM3. This calculation has the closest bond angle, but is not closest to the actual bond length.
 
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6-31G

6-31G was our third calculation. It's calculation was not closer to the actual than the 6-21G calculation, but it is not very different.
 
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DZV

  DZV was our last calculation for this molecule. It has the closest calculation for the bond length, and close enough to the bond angle to make this our best calculation.
 
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PM3

  PM3 was our first calculation for Nitrogen Dioxide. It is also furthest from the actual bond length and bond angle than the other calculations.
 
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