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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (Cs)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.912987
Energy at 298.15K-207.916341
HF Energy-207.912987
Nuclear repulsion energy102.215873
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+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 3890 3702 54.30 60.97 0.21 0.35
2 A 3149 2997 2.08 80.95 0.43 0.60
3 A 3061 2913 21.63 121.71 0.13 0.23
4 A 2387 2272 0.64 76.04 0.19 0.32
5 A 1491 1419 5.28 11.27 0.70 0.82
6 A 1415 1347 41.96 6.36 0.75 0.85
7 A 1371 1305 1.89 4.93 0.73 0.84
8 A 1222 1163 16.21 3.46 0.47 0.64
9 A 1114 1061 117.19 6.73 0.27 0.42
10 A 988 941 23.36 0.58 0.41 0.58
11 A 911 867 16.87 2.35 0.11 0.20
12 A 586 558 2.51 2.08 0.27 0.43
13 A 386 368 57.19 1.70 0.75 0.86
14 A 304 289 114.34 3.02 0.75 0.86
15 A 215 204 10.56 4.48 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11244.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10702.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
1.13974 0.16071 0.14605

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.570 0.585 0.038
C2 0.823 0.110 -0.005
O3 -1.510 -0.447 -0.111
H4 -0.707 1.148 0.971
H5 -0.728 1.276 -0.793
H6 -1.414 -1.075 0.613
N7 1.915 -0.278 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47271.40421.09751.09191.94932.6309
C21.47272.40082.09102.09422.60621.1584
O31.40422.40082.08772.01150.96253.4303
H41.09752.09102.08771.76792.36023.1429
H51.09192.09422.01151.76792.82373.1626
H61.94932.60620.96252.36022.82373.4807
N72.63091.15843.43033.14293.16263.4807

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.610 C1 O3 H6 109.489
C2 C1 O3 113.108 C2 C1 H4 107.996
C2 C1 H5 108.574 O3 C1 H4 112.551
O3 C1 H5 106.715 H4 C1 H5 107.701
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.121      
2 C 0.279      
3 O -0.469      
4 H 0.194      
5 H 0.213      
6 H 0.364      
7 N -0.460      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.406 1.231 1.429 3.057
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.597 1.163 -2.100
y 1.163 -20.722 -1.894
z -2.100 -1.894 -22.064
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.204 1.163 -2.100
y 1.163 6.608 -1.894
z -2.100 -1.894 4.595
Polar
3z2-r29.191
x2-y2-11.875
xy1.163
xz-2.100
yz-1.894


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.123 -0.509 -0.046
y -0.509 4.029 -0.034
z -0.046 -0.034 3.494


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.067
(<r2>)1/2 8.892