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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

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 CCD/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/6-311G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.446849
Energy at 298.15K-207.450262
HF Energy-206.812509
Nuclear repulsion energy102.037157
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 CCD/6-311G*
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 3868 3694 26.02      
2 A 3152 3011 5.47      
3 A 3064 2927 25.04      
4 A 2365 2258 2.67      
5 A 1530 1461 3.42      
6 A 1461 1395 55.22      
7 A 1416 1352 1.48      
8 A 1260 1203 22.66      
9 A 1136 1085 94.72      
10 A 1011 966 22.62      
11 A 914 873 22.38      
12 A 590 563 3.31      
13 A 403 385 96.85      
14 A 319 305 83.29      
15 A 219 209 9.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11353.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10844.0 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 CCD/6-311G*
ABC
1.12863 0.16020 0.14551

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.577 0.589 0.038
C2 0.828 0.112 -0.006
O3 -1.508 -0.454 -0.112
H4 -0.718 1.147 0.973
H5 -0.739 1.277 -0.795
H6 -1.415 -1.060 0.625
N7 1.918 -0.277 -0.014

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.48461.40581.09821.09231.94102.6417
C21.48462.40612.10222.10642.60861.1573
O31.40582.40612.08902.01310.95923.4320
H41.09822.10222.08901.77292.34093.1545
H51.09232.10642.01311.77292.81723.1761
H61.94102.60860.95922.34092.81723.4828
N72.64171.15733.43203.15453.17613.4828

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.424 C1 O3 H6 108.848
C2 C1 O3 112.674 C2 C1 H4 108.033
C2 C1 H5 108.699 O3 C1 H4 112.500
O3 C1 H5 106.715 H4 C1 H5 108.067
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability