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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.680331
Energy at 298.15K-323.689833
Nuclear repulsion energy244.645427
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 3590 3417 7.75      
2 A 3465 3298 382.82      
3 A 3166 3013 18.02      
4 A 3134 2983 3.61      
5 A 3123 2972 26.25      
6 A 3080 2931 15.22      
7 A 3029 2883 74.91      
8 A 1888 1797 426.68      
9 A 1528 1454 18.16      
10 A 1506 1434 19.51      
11 A 1499 1426 17.25      
12 A 1481 1410 13.11      
13 A 1462 1391 7.51      
14 A 1439 1369 396.89      
15 A 1354 1288 10.13      
16 A 1300 1237 2.96      
17 A 1246 1186 14.84      
18 A 1196 1139 36.38      
19 A 1168 1112 21.42      
20 A 1146 1091 11.52      
21 A 1017 968 22.15      
22 A 983 935 31.97      
23 A 928 883 54.22      
24 A 893 850 19.35      
25 A 789 751 69.19      
26 A 642 611 3.74      
27 A 576 548 9.00      
28 A 487 464 9.24      
29 A 377 359 4.94      
30 A 298 284 9.35      
31 A 207 197 1.99      
32 A 135 128 3.15      
33 A 49 47 5.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24088.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22927.6 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
0.29918 0.06817 0.05875

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)
N1 -1.203 0.208 0.379
C2 -2.485 -0.052 -0.265
C3 -0.146 -0.748 0.075
C4 1.211 -0.052 -0.026
O5 1.118 1.277 -0.089
O6 2.255 -0.652 -0.070
H7 -1.331 0.276 1.383
H8 -0.058 -1.575 0.788
H9 -2.908 -1.036 -0.022
H10 -3.201 0.716 0.034
H11 -0.336 -1.196 -0.906
H12 -2.363 0.011 -1.349
H13 0.153 1.461 -0.011

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.45781.45762.46232.59843.59251.01362.15802.14862.08982.09232.09071.8875
C21.45782.46363.70413.84434.78232.03833.05231.09891.09172.51791.09273.0515
C31.45762.46361.52942.39302.40822.04031.09532.77853.38761.09462.74172.2315
C42.46233.70411.52941.33311.20522.92472.14354.23574.47902.11643.81211.8467
O52.59843.84432.39301.33312.23913.02763.20724.64414.35712.98283.91230.9861
O63.59254.78232.40821.20522.23913.97902.63475.17835.62632.77684.83812.9819
H71.01362.03832.04032.92473.02763.97902.32362.48692.34742.89762.93222.3556
H82.15803.05231.09532.14353.20722.63472.32363.01123.96141.75753.52043.1468
H92.14861.09892.77854.23574.64415.17832.48693.01121.77782.72471.77643.9508
H102.08981.09173.38764.47904.35715.62632.34743.96141.77783.57081.76393.4357
H112.09232.51791.09462.11642.98282.77682.89761.75752.72473.57082.40102.8466
H122.09071.09272.74173.81213.91234.83812.93223.52041.77641.76392.40103.1971
H131.88753.05152.23151.84670.98612.98192.35563.14683.95083.43572.84663.1971

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.619 N1 C2 H10 109.273
N1 C2 H12 109.277 N1 C3 C4 111.020
N1 C3 H8 114.666 N1 C3 H11 109.299
C2 N1 C3 115.346 C2 N1 H7 109.820
C3 N1 H7 110.006 C3 C4 O5 113.260
C3 C4 O6 123.006 C4 C3 H8 108.369
C4 C3 H11 106.338 C4 O5 H13 104.553
O5 C4 O6 123.717 H8 C3 H11 106.742
H9 C2 H10 108.500 H9 C2 H12 108.296
H10 C2 H12 107.709
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 N -0.512      
2 C -0.394      
3 C -0.237      
4 C 0.394      
5 O -0.424      
6 O -0.456      
7 H 0.329      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.160      
10 H 0.173      
11 H 0.200      
12 H 0.173      
13 H 0.395      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -5.858 -0.388 0.806 5.926
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.073 0.719 -0.157
y 0.719 -37.999 0.380
z -0.157 0.380 -33.452
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.347 0.719 -0.157
y 0.719 0.764 0.380
z -0.157 0.380 7.584
Polar
3z2-r215.168
x2-y2-6.074
xy0.719
xz-0.157
yz0.380


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.263 -0.406 0.006
y -0.406 7.534 0.004
z 0.006 0.004 5.839


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 198.859
(<r2>)1/2 14.102