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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.624262
Energy at 298.15K-323.633806
Nuclear repulsion energy245.144713
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 B3LYP/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 3566 3430 2.09      
2 A 3235 3112 233.66      
3 A 3149 3029 17.20      
4 A 3109 2991 7.92      
5 A 3102 2985 24.19      
6 A 3048 2932 18.79      
7 A 3006 2892 67.89      
8 A 1796 1728 289.05      
9 A 1560 1501 11.00      
10 A 1540 1481 17.74      
11 A 1516 1458 9.95      
12 A 1509 1452 5.61      
13 A 1498 1441 2.59      
14 A 1380 1328 169.25      
15 A 1367 1315 213.05      
16 A 1309 1259 6.70      
17 A 1202 1157 23.80      
18 A 1191 1146 9.82      
19 A 1162 1118 38.33      
20 A 1137 1094 15.03      
21 A 1021 982 17.66      
22 A 931 896 14.22      
23 A 918 884 136.65      
24 A 855 823 35.61      
25 A 732 704 45.48      
26 A 632 608 18.79      
27 A 547 526 8.83      
28 A 513 493 4.03      
29 A 375 360 3.30      
30 A 330 318 27.51      
31 A 206 198 0.98      
32 A 136 131 0.54      
33 A 84 81 5.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23831.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22925.9 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 B3LYP/6-31G
ABC
0.23485 0.07582 0.06769

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.285 -0.072 -0.555
C2 2.118 0.128 0.646
C3 0.084 -0.903 -0.369
C4 -1.113 -0.021 0.022
O5 -0.888 1.305 -0.213
O6 -2.167 -0.463 0.471
H7 1.829 -0.328 -1.372
H8 -0.167 -1.403 -1.312
H9 2.501 -0.814 1.068
H10 2.966 0.772 0.396
H11 0.204 -1.684 0.394
H12 1.526 0.632 1.416
H13 0.051 1.364 -0.562

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47541.47212.46632.59453.62251.01452.11002.15992.10742.16022.10711.8928
C21.47542.49633.29393.34034.32972.08883.37621.10131.09312.64771.09472.6941
C31.47212.49631.53722.41752.44322.09271.09592.81323.41961.09832.76152.2753
C42.46633.29391.53721.36531.22853.26952.14043.84444.17132.15343.05531.9007
O52.59453.34032.41751.36532.28683.37503.00964.19683.93733.23932.98891.0031
O63.62254.32972.44321.22852.28684.40272.83944.71925.27982.66863.96683.0535
H71.01452.08882.09273.26953.37504.40272.26762.57712.37232.75572.96452.5848
H82.11003.37621.09592.14043.00962.83942.26763.62334.17841.76793.80152.8748
H92.15991.10132.81323.84444.19684.71922.57713.62331.78432.54661.77863.6608
H102.10741.09313.41964.17133.93735.27982.37234.17841.78433.69531.76983.1244
H112.16022.64771.09832.15343.23932.66862.75571.76792.54663.69532.85633.1976
H122.10711.09472.76153.05532.98893.96682.96453.80151.77861.76982.85632.5735
H131.89282.69412.27531.90071.00313.05352.58482.87483.66083.12443.19762.5735

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.114 N1 C2 H10 109.369
N1 C2 H12 109.252 N1 C3 C4 110.059
N1 C3 H8 109.635 N1 C3 H11 113.577
C2 N1 C3 115.756 C2 N1 H7 112.740
C3 N1 H7 113.336 C3 C4 O5 112.658
C3 C4 O6 123.723 C4 C3 H8 107.573
C4 C3 H11 108.435 C4 O5 H13 105.724
O5 C4 O6 123.602 H8 C3 H11 107.358
H9 C2 H10 108.808 H9 C2 H12 108.179
H10 C2 H12 107.988
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.628      
2 C -0.263      
3 C -0.213      
4 C 0.524      
5 O -0.555      
6 O -0.411      
7 H 0.306      
8 H 0.189      
9 H 0.142      
10 H 0.160      
11 H 0.176      
12 H 0.170      
13 H 0.404      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.881 -1.379 -1.632 6.257
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.094 0.499 1.639
y 0.499 -37.386 1.530
z 1.639 1.530 -33.704
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.549 0.499 1.639
y 0.499 0.513 1.530
z 1.639 1.530 6.036
Polar
3z2-r212.072
x2-y2-4.708
xy0.499
xz1.639
yz1.530


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.551 0.595 -0.464
y 0.595 6.159 -0.230
z -0.464 -0.230 5.197


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 203.841
(<r2>)1/2 14.277