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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-63.022842
Energy at 298.15K-63.032232
Nuclear repulsion energy135.301923
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/CEP-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 3510 3390 0.79      
2 A 3457 3338 296.76      
3 A 3128 3021 38.48      
4 A 3106 2999 11.96      
5 A 3090 2984 46.18      
6 A 3052 2948 28.20      
7 A 3005 2902 84.06      
8 A 1851 1787 377.51      
9 A 1513 1462 13.52      
10 A 1496 1444 20.11      
11 A 1487 1436 17.29      
12 A 1472 1422 12.35      
13 A 1452 1402 1.32      
14 A 1421 1372 399.18      
15 A 1341 1295 9.93      
16 A 1278 1234 3.97      
17 A 1216 1174 17.74      
18 A 1164 1124 14.23      
19 A 1139 1100 38.92      
20 A 1118 1080 20.20      
21 A 995 961 25.91      
22 A 959 926 20.96      
23 A 896 865 67.06      
24 A 866 836 18.01      
25 A 774 747 74.84      
26 A 629 607 2.71      
27 A 564 544 7.38      
28 A 466 450 9.93      
29 A 367 354 3.59      
30 A 277 268 4.77      
31 A 204 197 2.39      
32 A 134 129 3.34      
33 A 71 68 6.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23747.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22932.9 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/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.29520 0.06565 0.05633

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.214 0.267 -0.333
C2 2.554 -0.072 0.202
C3 0.170 -0.734 -0.007
C4 -1.234 -0.068 0.023
O5 -1.186 1.286 0.109
O6 -2.276 -0.702 0.004
H7 1.279 0.351 -1.352
H8 0.128 -1.602 -0.689
H9 2.925 -1.064 -0.131
H10 3.276 0.699 -0.115
H11 0.353 -1.121 1.010
H12 2.514 -0.070 1.304
H13 -0.217 1.502 0.086

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.48181.48212.49722.64543.63831.02442.19052.17662.11742.11502.11721.9370
C21.48182.48253.79293.98064.87542.05413.00291.10961.10252.56911.10333.1895
C31.48212.48251.55512.43602.44702.05301.10512.77733.42151.10362.76602.2712
C42.49723.79291.55511.35751.21982.89542.17234.28014.57712.14573.96131.8719
O52.64543.98062.43601.35752.26973.01413.27224.74184.50622.99624.11830.9932
O63.63834.87542.44701.21982.26973.94812.65965.21595.72732.84625.00373.0175
H71.02442.05412.05302.89543.01413.94812.36192.49062.37442.93352.95932.3729
H82.19053.00291.10512.17233.27222.65962.36192.90233.94061.78003.46563.2183
H92.17661.10962.77734.28014.74185.21592.49062.90231.79702.81481.79344.0628
H102.11741.10253.42154.57714.50625.72732.37443.94061.79703.62251.78493.5899
H112.11502.56911.10362.14572.99622.84622.93351.78002.81483.62252.42122.8394
H122.11721.10332.76603.96134.11835.00372.95933.46561.79341.78492.42123.3787
H131.93703.18952.27121.87190.99323.01752.37293.21834.06283.58992.83943.3787

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.487 N1 C2 H10 109.157
N1 C2 H12 109.099 N1 C3 C4 110.586
N1 C3 H8 114.914 N1 C3 H11 108.878
C2 N1 C3 113.768 C2 N1 H7 108.718
C3 N1 H7 108.602 C3 C4 O5 113.342
C3 C4 O6 123.281 C4 C3 H8 108.304
C4 C3 H11 106.377 C4 O5 H13 104.489
O5 C4 O6 123.355 H8 C3 H11 107.399
H9 C2 H10 108.643 H9 C2 H12 108.278
H10 C2 H12 108.037
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.333      
2 C -0.488      
3 C -0.252      
4 C -0.108      
5 O -0.300      
6 O -0.101      
7 H 0.272      
8 H 0.185      
9 H 0.159      
10 H 0.210      
11 H 0.173      
12 H 0.178      
13 H 0.406      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.810 -0.379 -0.625 5.856
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.574 -0.864 -0.539
y -0.864 -37.292 -0.537
z -0.539 -0.537 -33.001
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.427 -0.864 -0.539
y -0.864 0.995 -0.537
z -0.539 -0.537 7.432
Polar
3z2-r214.865
x2-y2-6.282
xy-0.864
xz-0.539
yz-0.537


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.503 0.450 0.045
y 0.450 6.555 0.012
z 0.045 0.012 5.141


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.725
(<r2>)1/2 12.835