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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.913821
Energy at 298.15K-207.917213
HF Energy-207.913821
Nuclear repulsion energy102.259186
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/cc-pVDZ
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 3837 3677 49.33 61.84 0.28 0.43
2 A 3133 3002 3.80 86.09 0.41 0.58
3 A 3036 2910 25.78 121.90 0.15 0.25
4 A 2388 2289 0.72 55.59 0.24 0.39
5 A 1464 1403 4.25 13.09 0.67 0.80
6 A 1417 1358 47.54 5.88 0.73 0.84
7 A 1371 1314 2.13 4.80 0.74 0.85
8 A 1225 1174 12.60 4.19 0.59 0.74
9 A 1127 1080 107.67 4.51 0.35 0.52
10 A 985 944 16.06 0.73 0.36 0.53
11 A 915 877 15.05 2.14 0.14 0.25
12 A 592 567 2.14 1.79 0.27 0.42
13 A 399 382 54.54 1.10 0.72 0.84
14 A 312 299 86.97 4.20 0.75 0.86
15 A 215 206 8.26 3.93 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11208.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10740.6 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.13252 0.16135 0.14651

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.574 0.583 0.038
C2 0.822 0.116 -0.006
O3 -1.505 -0.451 -0.110
H4 -0.706 1.160 0.972
H5 -0.731 1.280 -0.797
H6 -1.385 -1.069 0.622
N7 1.912 -0.279 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47261.39951.10541.09881.93072.6314
C21.47262.39772.09292.09512.58281.1591
O31.39952.39772.09912.01690.96533.4227
H41.10542.09292.09911.77272.35653.1458
H51.09882.09512.01691.77272.82103.1657
H61.93072.58280.96532.35652.82103.4497
N72.63141.15913.42273.14583.16573.4497

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.073 C1 O3 H6 108.043
C2 C1 O3 113.172 C2 C1 H4 107.697
C2 C1 H5 108.248 O3 C1 H4 113.330
O3 C1 H5 107.049 H4 C1 H5 107.071
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.164      
2 C -0.104      
3 O -0.258      
4 H 0.078      
5 H 0.097      
6 H 0.161      
7 N -0.138      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.415 1.045 1.271 2.922
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.932 1.147 -1.821
y 1.147 -20.320 -1.695
z -1.821 -1.695 -21.509
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.017 1.147 -1.821
y 1.147 5.901 -1.695
z -1.821 -1.695 4.117
Polar
3z2-r28.233
x2-y2-10.612
xy1.147
xz-1.821
yz-1.695


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.309 -0.444 -0.039
y -0.444 3.600 -0.129
z -0.039 -0.129 3.068


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.333
(<r2>)1/2 8.851