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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/6-31G**

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.961785
Energy at 298.15K-207.965131
HF Energy-207.961785
Nuclear repulsion energy101.763639
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 TPSSh/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 3782 3626 28.03 70.43 0.28 0.43
2 A 3119 2990 6.32 87.55 0.41 0.58
3 A 3023 2898 30.55 117.60 0.16 0.28
4 A 2338 2241 0.10 54.62 0.27 0.42
5 A 1505 1442 1.83 16.27 0.65 0.79
6 A 1417 1358 44.58 8.71 0.74 0.85
7 A 1376 1319 1.42 7.88 0.73 0.85
8 A 1221 1170 18.84 4.78 0.60 0.75
9 A 1073 1028 95.67 6.42 0.29 0.45
10 A 986 945 28.73 0.63 0.53 0.69
11 A 893 857 17.05 2.15 0.17 0.29
12 A 577 553 2.70 1.80 0.30 0.46
13 A 398 382 71.28 1.28 0.72 0.84
14 A 309 296 81.89 5.52 0.75 0.86
15 A 210 201 7.50 4.50 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11112.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10653.4 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
1.10489 0.16048 0.14537

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.575 0.594 0.038
C2 0.826 0.124 -0.007
O3 -1.508 -0.461 -0.112
H4 -0.718 1.159 0.970
H5 -0.745 1.278 -0.797
H6 -1.397 -1.066 0.637
N7 1.917 -0.285 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47891.41561.09931.09291.94632.6430
C21.47892.40832.10002.10342.60221.1647
O31.41562.40832.10222.01850.96923.4303
H41.09932.10002.10221.77152.35033.1618
H51.09292.10342.01851.77152.82403.1840
H61.94632.60220.96922.35032.82403.4661
N72.64301.16473.43033.16183.18403.4661

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.580 C1 O3 H6 107.935
C2 C1 O3 112.596 C2 C1 H4 108.178
C2 C1 H5 108.819 O3 C1 H4 112.814
O3 C1 H5 106.446 H4 C1 H5 107.816
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.024      
2 C 0.335      
3 O -0.518      
4 H 0.161      
5 H 0.188      
6 H 0.332      
7 N -0.475      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.397 1.140 1.355 2.979
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.442 -0.473 -0.039
y -0.473 3.577 -0.147
z -0.039 -0.147 3.044


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.869
(<r2>)1/2 8.881