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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.610205
Energy at 298.15K-323.619741
Nuclear repulsion energy244.063963
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3527 3375 3.00      
2 A 3384 3237 329.51      
3 A 3152 3015 21.43      
4 A 3111 2976 3.88      
5 A 3108 2974 34.00      
6 A 3059 2926 19.26      
7 A 3017 2886 72.50      
8 A 1903 1820 348.41      
9 A 1541 1475 11.83      
10 A 1522 1456 30.02      
11 A 1511 1445 19.66      
12 A 1496 1432 27.37      
13 A 1478 1414 38.08      
14 A 1460 1397 355.51      
15 A 1357 1298 6.11      
16 A 1300 1244 4.19      
17 A 1251 1197 15.89      
18 A 1193 1142 26.91      
19 A 1167 1116 30.35      
20 A 1146 1097 9.78      
21 A 1019 974 25.31      
22 A 987 944 22.02      
23 A 930 890 60.23      
24 A 889 851 15.94      
25 A 792 757 76.73      
26 A 650 622 3.35      
27 A 577 552 8.70      
28 A 477 457 9.89      
29 A 383 367 4.54      
30 A 290 278 4.90      
31 A 207 198 1.93      
32 A 141 135 2.62      
33 A 77 73 6.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24051.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23009.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.30360 0.06742 0.05790

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.195 0.241 -0.333
C2 2.520 -0.066 0.197
C3 0.158 -0.732 -0.002
C4 -1.221 -0.060 0.024
O5 -1.150 1.273 0.106
O6 -2.257 -0.678 0.004
H7 1.251 0.341 -1.344
H8 0.111 -1.606 -0.664
H9 2.915 -1.041 -0.130
H10 3.222 0.714 -0.114
H11 0.344 -1.110 1.011
H12 2.479 -0.064 1.291
H13 -0.178 1.468 0.083

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.45921.46032.46152.59953.58801.01742.16732.15452.09232.08732.09211.8875
C21.45922.46243.74543.90744.81952.03712.98601.10161.09422.54751.09503.1053
C31.46032.46241.53392.39572.41482.03661.09822.77763.38991.09722.73952.2262
C42.46153.74541.53391.33791.20552.85372.15374.25384.51232.12743.91131.8513
O52.59953.90742.39571.33792.24552.95513.23624.68324.41262.95424.04440.9915
O63.58804.81952.41481.20552.24553.89312.62945.18605.65362.82194.94562.9885
H71.01742.03712.03662.85372.95513.89312.35672.48072.35282.91132.93502.3115
H82.16732.98601.09822.15373.23622.62942.35672.90973.91941.76293.43623.1763
H92.15451.10162.77764.25384.68325.18602.48072.90971.78172.81411.77883.9879
H102.09231.09423.38994.51234.41265.65362.35283.91941.78173.58831.76933.4876
H112.08732.54751.09722.12742.95422.82192.91131.76292.81413.58832.39402.7888
H122.09211.09502.73953.91134.04444.94562.93503.43621.77881.76932.39403.2960
H131.88753.10532.22621.85130.99152.98852.31153.17633.98793.48762.78883.2960

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.830 N1 C2 H10 109.224
N1 C2 H12 109.158 N1 C3 C4 110.564
N1 C3 H8 115.067 N1 C3 H11 108.568
C2 N1 C3 115.007 C2 N1 H7 109.384
C3 N1 H7 109.263 C3 C4 O5 112.888
C3 C4 O6 123.200 C4 C3 H8 108.690
C4 C3 H11 106.733 C4 O5 H13 104.277
O5 C4 O6 123.890 H8 C3 H11 106.838
H9 C2 H10 108.464 H9 C2 H12 108.156
H10 C2 H12 107.841
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.626      
2 C -0.370      
3 C -0.299      
4 C 0.603      
5 O -0.584      
6 O -0.465      
7 H 0.343      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.167      
10 H 0.187      
11 H 0.213      
12 H 0.190      
13 H 0.440      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.483 -0.277 -0.623 5.525
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.617 -0.701 -0.546
y -0.701 -36.920 -0.622
z -0.546 -0.622 -32.742
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.787 -0.701 -0.546
y -0.701 0.760 -0.622
z -0.546 -0.622 7.027
Polar
3z2-r214.053
x2-y2-5.698
xy-0.701
xz-0.546
yz-0.622


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.119 0.460 0.023
y 0.460 6.441 0.019
z 0.023 0.019 5.017


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 198.279
(<r2>)1/2 14.081