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All results from a given calculation for NH2CH2CH2COOH (β–alanine)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-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 MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-62.027634
Energy at 298.15K-62.037371
HF Energy-61.460456
Nuclear repulsion energy134.926527
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 MP2/CEP-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 3623 3501 4.41      
2 A 3504 3386 0.95      
3 A 3148 3042 27.28      
4 A 3132 3026 40.91      
5 A 3103 2998 670.92      
6 A 3056 2953 21.46      
7 A 3040 2937 101.09      
8 A 1709 1651 32.62      
9 A 1669 1612 254.70      
10 A 1531 1479 3.47      
11 A 1498 1448 13.47      
12 A 1435 1386 6.21      
13 A 1423 1375 231.88      
14 A 1388 1341 8.49      
15 A 1327 1282 4.18      
16 A 1289 1245 8.82      
17 A 1207 1167 117.86      
18 A 1156 1117 34.45      
19 A 1081 1044 18.55      
20 A 1042 1007 149.01      
21 A 1008 974 53.67      
22 A 949 917 7.23      
23 A 917 887 59.37      
24 A 860 831 72.59      
25 A 778 752 12.15      
26 A 647 625 6.97      
27 A 537 518 3.20      
28 A 472 456 8.68      
29 A 405 392 13.91      
30 A 337 325 3.70      
31 A 287 277 6.80      
32 A 198 191 7.53      
33 A 85 82 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23919.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23112.9 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 MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
0.22311 0.07979 0.06286

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.954 0.577 0.124
C2 1.374 -0.740 -0.381
C3 0.007 -1.034 0.335
C4 -1.103 0.032 0.035
O5 -0.647 1.366 -0.022
O6 -2.325 -0.255 -0.128
H7 2.664 0.966 -0.511
H8 2.353 0.491 1.070
H9 2.069 -1.596 -0.220
H10 1.210 -0.624 -1.472
H11 -0.391 -2.017 0.010
H12 0.162 -1.073 1.437
H13 0.365 1.386 0.083

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.52542.53663.10612.72214.36671.02871.03002.20292.13133.49892.76761.7839
C21.52541.57182.62782.94123.73982.14252.13981.11361.10902.21342.21082.3993
C32.53661.57181.56812.51302.50193.43192.89332.20812.20991.10891.11332.4597
C43.10612.62781.56811.41001.26643.91873.63633.57402.83742.16982.18801.9969
O52.72212.94122.51301.41002.33533.37103.31024.02323.08423.39272.95471.0176
O64.36673.73982.50191.26642.33535.15064.88634.59493.80052.62033.05023.1581
H71.02872.14253.43193.91873.37105.15061.67952.64572.35854.30123.77002.4118
H81.03002.13982.89333.63633.31024.88631.67952.46943.00133.86542.71712.3932
H92.20291.11362.20813.57404.02324.59492.64572.46941.80242.50602.57983.4477
H102.13131.10902.20992.83743.08423.80052.35853.00131.80242.58883.12472.6784
H113.49892.21341.10892.16983.39272.62034.30123.86542.50602.58881.79813.4869
H122.76762.21081.11332.18802.95473.05023.77002.71712.57983.12471.79812.8145
H131.78392.39932.45971.99691.01763.15812.41182.39323.44772.67843.48692.8145

picture of β–alanine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 109.957 N1 C2 H9 112.236
N1 C2 H10 106.932 C2 N1 H7 112.579
C2 N1 H8 112.274 C2 C3 C4 113.630
C2 C3 H11 110.120 C2 C3 H12 109.660
C3 C2 H9 109.441 C3 C2 H10 109.844
C3 C4 O5 114.992 C3 C4 O6 123.580
C4 C3 H11 107.051 C4 C3 H12 108.176
C4 O5 H13 109.632 O5 C4 O6 121.419
H7 N1 H8 109.341 H9 C2 H10 108.373
H11 C3 H12 108.021
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability