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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G*

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.708094
Energy at 298.15K-207.711389
HF Energy-207.708094
Nuclear repulsion energy101.335375
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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
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 3631 3579 21.83 72.08 0.28 0.44
2 A 3040 2997 4.98 89.32 0.38 0.55
3 A 2935 2893 31.09 116.59 0.19 0.31
4 A 2275 2243 0.11 60.00 0.27 0.43
5 A 1457 1436 3.41 17.83 0.64 0.78
6 A 1389 1370 44.15 9.79 0.75 0.85
7 A 1343 1324 1.03 9.28 0.72 0.84
8 A 1196 1179 16.61 5.95 0.60 0.75
9 A 1053 1038 92.05 5.50 0.29 0.46
10 A 963 949 23.17 0.70 0.43 0.60
11 A 881 869 12.81 2.09 0.18 0.31
12 A 567 559 3.02 1.76 0.30 0.46
13 A 397 391 75.62 1.38 0.71 0.83
14 A 304 299 73.09 5.19 0.75 0.86
15 A 205 202 6.80 4.18 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10817.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10662.7 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.09309 0.15954 0.14446

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.577 0.593 0.039
C2 0.827 0.130 -0.008
O3 -1.513 -0.463 -0.112
H4 -0.721 1.171 0.976
H5 -0.754 1.286 -0.801
H6 -1.380 -1.077 0.640
N7 1.923 -0.288 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47901.41901.11091.10331.94802.6516
C21.47902.41552.10902.11282.59721.1735
O31.41902.41552.11712.02780.97943.4416
H41.11092.10902.11711.78182.36673.1785
H51.10332.11282.02781.78182.83793.2034
H61.94802.59720.97942.36672.83793.4586
N72.65161.17353.44163.17853.20343.4586

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.013 C1 O3 H6 107.207
C2 C1 O3 112.910 C2 C1 H4 108.198
C2 C1 H5 108.939 O3 C1 H4 113.054
O3 C1 H5 106.345 H4 C1 H5 107.169
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.160      
2 C 0.343      
3 O -0.548      
4 H 0.192      
5 H 0.219      
6 H 0.402      
7 N -0.449      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.343 1.052 1.324 2.889
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.076 1.190 -1.872
y 1.190 -20.383 -1.785
z -1.872 -1.785 -21.538
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.115 1.190 -1.872
y 1.190 5.924 -1.785
z -1.872 -1.785 4.191
Polar
3z2-r28.382
x2-y2-10.693
xy1.190
xz-1.872
yz-1.785


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.575 -0.493 -0.037
y -0.493 3.641 -0.146
z -0.037 -0.146 3.069


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.293
(<r2>)1/2 8.905