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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-320.055807
Energy at 298.15K-320.065506
Nuclear repulsion energy244.138743
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 HF/3-21G*
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 3722 3359 239.27      
2 A 3691 3332 10.92      
3 A 3281 2961 25.82      
4 A 3264 2946 11.66      
5 A 3246 2930 31.05      
6 A 3223 2909 10.04      
7 A 3171 2862 52.16      
8 A 2001 1806 357.47      
9 A 1694 1529 7.87      
10 A 1675 1511 15.69      
11 A 1642 1482 13.57      
12 A 1630 1471 9.00      
13 A 1616 1459 0.70      
14 A 1492 1347 9.32      
15 A 1462 1319 503.46      
16 A 1413 1276 17.41      
17 A 1304 1177 12.82      
18 A 1285 1160 5.72      
19 A 1253 1131 30.39      
20 A 1201 1084 37.31      
21 A 1094 988 40.28      
22 A 1006 908 4.93      
23 A 921 831 117.92      
24 A 909 820 35.24      
25 A 790 713 135.67      
26 A 672 607 10.46      
27 A 623 562 17.11      
28 A 493 445 17.90      
29 A 404 365 7.06      
30 A 306 276 6.18      
31 A 212 191 1.59      
32 A 133 120 2.03      
33 A 70 63 7.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25448.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22970.1 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
0.30182 0.06761 0.05816

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.188 0.191 -0.371
C2 2.523 -0.045 0.211
C3 0.139 -0.766 0.009
C4 -1.217 -0.060 0.026
O5 -1.114 1.276 0.106
O6 -2.265 -0.642 0.008
H7 1.234 0.311 -1.369
H8 0.069 -1.639 -0.626
H9 2.949 -1.005 -0.071
H10 3.190 0.741 -0.114
H11 0.334 -1.105 1.020
H12 2.448 -0.004 1.289
H13 -0.171 1.526 0.070

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47521.46922.45002.58863.57221.00642.15992.14982.09282.08422.09341.9551
C21.47522.49813.74423.87034.82922.06953.04331.08721.08162.56321.08193.1215
C31.46922.49811.52912.39722.40762.06371.08262.82103.40531.08412.74782.3131
C42.45003.74421.52911.34171.19952.84482.13904.27284.48172.11803.87691.8996
O52.58863.87032.39721.34172.23942.93583.23004.66234.34282.93243.96500.9758
O63.57224.82922.40761.19952.23943.87972.61645.22735.62972.82724.92583.0148
H71.00642.06952.06372.84482.93583.87972.39032.52172.36342.91992.93922.3494
H82.15993.04331.08262.13903.23002.61642.39033.00073.95871.75133.46483.2494
H92.14981.08722.82104.27284.66235.22732.52173.00071.76332.83531.76164.0197
H102.09281.08163.40534.48174.34285.62972.36343.95871.76333.58561.75373.4568
H112.08422.56321.08412.11802.93242.82722.91991.75132.83533.58562.39922.8423
H122.09341.08192.74783.87693.96504.92582.93923.46481.76161.75372.39923.2687
H131.95513.12152.31311.89960.97583.01482.34943.24944.01973.45682.84233.2687

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.200 N1 C2 H10 108.900
N1 C2 H12 108.931 N1 C3 C4 109.581
N1 C3 H8 114.807 N1 C3 H11 108.484
C2 N1 C3 116.080 C2 N1 H7 111.614
C3 N1 H7 111.569 C3 C4 O5 113.080
C3 C4 O6 123.404 C4 C3 H8 108.769
C4 C3 H11 107.055 C4 O5 H13 109.086
O5 C4 O6 123.485 H8 C3 H11 107.860
H9 C2 H10 108.787 H9 C2 H12 108.607
H10 C2 H12 108.307
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.779      
2 C -0.371      
3 C -0.326      
4 C 0.887      
5 O -0.732      
6 O -0.599      
7 H 0.327      
8 H 0.251      
9 H 0.193      
10 H 0.223      
11 H 0.268      
12 H 0.220      
13 H 0.439      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  6.193 -0.702 -0.537 6.255
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.627 -0.174 -0.223
y -0.174 -37.682 -0.724
z -0.223 -0.724 -33.031
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.270 -0.174 -0.223
y -0.174 1.147 -0.724
z -0.223 -0.724 8.123
Polar
3z2-r216.246
x2-y2-6.945
xy-0.174
xz-0.223
yz-0.724


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.838 0.718 0.055
y 0.718 5.299 -0.036
z 0.055 -0.036 4.256


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 200.638
(<r2>)1/2 14.165