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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(NH2)COOH (Alanine)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.812085
Energy at 298.15K-322.821657
Nuclear repulsion energy249.373880
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 QCISD/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 3584 3413 2.81      
2 A 3558 3388 195.07      
3 A 3490 3323 3.21      
4 A 3181 3029 7.72      
5 A 3141 2991 26.89      
6 A 3071 2925 24.16      
7 A 3069 2922 2.70      
8 A 1890 1799 236.18      
9 A 1724 1641 38.09      
10 A 1548 1474 13.60      
11 A 1540 1466 2.63      
12 A 1472 1402 402.83      
13 A 1462 1392 10.14      
14 A 1438 1369 15.14      
15 A 1376 1310 36.27      
16 A 1281 1220 5.35      
17 A 1255 1196 9.33      
18 A 1189 1133 6.55      
19 A 1137 1083 60.87      
20 A 1047 997 0.58      
21 A 983 936 85.87      
22 A 930 886 51.45      
23 A 840 800 65.27      
24 A 817 778 56.83      
25 A 741 706 13.06      
26 A 561 535 9.26      
27 A 541 515 0.85      
28 A 421 401 6.68      
29 A 377 359 20.77      
30 A 302 288 15.89      
31 A 289 275 13.17      
32 A 238 226 0.94      
33 A 74 71 1.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24282.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23123.7 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.16161 0.11505 0.07149

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.047 1.374 -0.068
C2 1.492 -1.122 -0.166
C3 0.645 0.026 0.377
C4 -0.844 -0.179 0.051
O5 -1.540 0.963 -0.108
O6 -1.360 -1.275 -0.016
H7 1.328 1.341 -1.051
H8 1.862 1.694 0.453
H9 1.111 -2.082 0.193
H10 1.455 -1.135 -1.264
H11 0.700 0.029 1.477
H12 2.537 -1.008 0.147
H13 -0.876 1.688 -0.051

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N12.53711.47532.45032.62003.57921.02211.01933.46642.80932.07752.81831.9483
C22.53711.52642.52803.67972.85952.62182.90651.09361.09802.15681.09693.6761
C31.47531.52641.53872.42692.42262.05752.06532.16672.16771.10052.16812.2933
C42.45032.52801.53871.34701.21232.87133.31572.73142.81622.11153.48231.8706
O52.62003.67972.42691.34702.24633.04273.52504.04813.83542.89824.53560.9854
O63.57922.85952.42261.21232.24633.89054.40582.60773.08242.85853.90903.0021
H71.02212.62182.05752.87133.04273.89051.63453.64832.48872.91582.90092.4447
H81.01932.90652.06533.31573.52504.40581.63453.85823.33412.27322.80182.7840
H93.46641.09362.16672.73144.04812.60773.64833.85821.77152.50451.78534.2683
H102.80931.09802.16772.81623.83543.08242.48873.33411.77153.07201.78203.8570
H112.07752.15681.10052.11152.89822.85852.91582.27322.50453.07202.49392.7508
H122.81831.09692.16813.48234.53563.90902.90092.80181.78531.78202.49394.3538
H131.94833.67612.29331.87060.98543.00212.44472.78404.26833.85702.75084.3538

picture of Alanine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C3 C2 115.384 N1 C3 C4 108.757
N1 C3 H11 106.616 C2 C3 C4 111.129
C2 C3 H11 109.309 C3 N1 H7 109.615
C3 N1 H8 110.435 C3 C2 H9 110.490
C3 C2 H10 110.304 C3 C2 H12 110.401
C3 C4 O5 114.328 C3 C4 O6 122.991
C4 C3 H11 105.054 C4 O5 H13 105.600
O5 C4 O6 122.644 H7 N1 H8 106.391
H9 C2 H10 107.857 H9 C2 H12 109.171
H10 C2 H12 108.552
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability