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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.354010
Energy at 298.15K-323.363433
Nuclear repulsion energy242.430579
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3414 3358 1.47      
2 A 3127 3075 359.10      
3 A 3076 3025 18.37      
4 A 3033 2983 15.74      
5 A 3028 2978 19.72      
6 A 2978 2929 20.37      
7 A 2937 2888 84.85      
8 A 1831 1801 320.42      
9 A 1496 1472 9.59      
10 A 1477 1452 45.31      
11 A 1463 1438 31.41      
12 A 1449 1425 60.37      
13 A 1435 1411 101.47      
14 A 1420 1397 171.31      
15 A 1304 1282 3.63      
16 A 1256 1236 3.02      
17 A 1200 1180 25.25      
18 A 1146 1127 24.86      
19 A 1125 1107 32.48      
20 A 1106 1088 11.20      
21 A 995 979 33.82      
22 A 951 935 21.86      
23 A 929 914 38.52      
24 A 854 840 14.63      
25 A 778 765 66.15      
26 A 629 619 3.04      
27 A 554 545 5.84      
28 A 462 454 8.35      
29 A 378 371 4.80      
30 A 288 284 4.88      
31 A 206 203 1.75      
32 A 143 140 2.41      
33 A 75 74 5.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23270.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22886.5 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.29947 0.06671 0.05724

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.198 0.244 -0.330
C2 2.532 -0.071 0.197
C3 0.155 -0.742 -0.006
C4 -1.230 -0.060 0.024
O5 -1.140 1.286 0.106
O6 -2.280 -0.675 0.007
H7 1.255 0.344 -1.350
H8 0.110 -1.619 -0.679
H9 2.931 -1.049 -0.141
H10 3.238 0.719 -0.107
H11 0.347 -1.129 1.012
H12 2.488 -0.081 1.300
H13 -0.143 1.448 0.080

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.46791.47122.47262.59713.61331.02672.18492.17022.10572.09992.10361.8490
C21.46792.47763.76553.91534.85312.04893.00451.11011.10222.56031.10303.0783
C31.47122.47761.54432.40892.43632.04841.10662.79613.41251.10552.75382.2115
C42.47263.76551.54431.35141.21702.86802.17284.28024.53672.14623.93101.8589
O52.59713.91532.40891.35142.27032.95703.25854.69994.41912.97724.05681.0097
O63.61334.85312.43631.21702.27033.92112.66015.22675.69202.84924.97603.0123
H71.02672.04892.04842.86802.95703.92112.36902.49252.37022.92812.95362.2847
H82.18493.00451.10662.17283.25852.66012.36902.92743.94611.77653.45463.1691
H92.17021.11012.79614.28024.69995.22672.49252.92741.79532.83081.79173.9671
H102.10571.10223.41254.53674.41915.69202.37023.94611.79533.60851.78313.4637
H112.09992.56031.10552.14622.97722.84922.92811.77652.83083.60852.40112.7835
H122.10361.10302.75383.93104.05684.97602.95363.45461.79171.78312.40113.2789
H131.84903.07832.21151.85891.00973.01232.28473.16913.96713.46372.78353.2789

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.949 N1 C2 H10 109.208
N1 C2 H12 108.993 N1 C3 C4 110.139
N1 C3 H8 115.171 N1 C3 H11 108.332
C2 N1 C3 114.912 C2 N1 H7 109.157
C3 N1 H7 108.879 C3 C4 O5 112.416
C3 C4 O6 123.404 C4 C3 H8 108.978
C4 C3 H11 107.015 C4 O5 H13 102.913
O5 C4 O6 124.158 H8 C3 H11 106.855
H9 C2 H10 108.488 H9 C2 H12 108.112
H10 C2 H12 107.924
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.570      
2 C -0.359      
3 C -0.286      
4 C 0.541      
5 O -0.537      
6 O -0.430      
7 H 0.328      
8 H 0.185      
9 H 0.159      
10 H 0.177      
11 H 0.200      
12 H 0.182      
13 H 0.409      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.379 -0.320 -0.643 5.426
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.295 -0.595 -0.554
y -0.595 -37.137 -0.633
z -0.554 -0.633 -32.978
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.238 -0.595 -0.554
y -0.595 0.500 -0.633
z -0.554 -0.633 6.738
Polar
3z2-r213.476
x2-y2-5.158
xy-0.595
xz-0.554
yz-0.633


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.631 0.424 0.013
y 0.424 6.710 0.029
z 0.013 0.029 5.137


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 194.610
(<r2>)1/2 13.950