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

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G

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-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-62.106034
Energy at 298.15K-62.115826
HF Energy-61.474622
Nuclear repulsion energy135.742084
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-121G
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 3565 3479 4.58      
2 A 3441 3359 0.46      
3 A 3087 3012 15.24      
4 A 3070 2996 29.01      
5 A 2996 2924 267.66      
6 A 2992 2921 86.70      
7 A 2980 2908 405.97      
8 A 1713 1672 37.43      
9 A 1662 1622 280.15      
10 A 1528 1491 4.42      
11 A 1497 1461 14.04      
12 A 1439 1405 157.92      
13 A 1430 1396 61.26      
14 A 1381 1347 6.13      
15 A 1321 1289 5.03      
16 A 1275 1245 12.08      
17 A 1202 1173 107.12      
18 A 1145 1117 38.00      
19 A 1075 1049 21.28      
20 A 1044 1019 124.25      
21 A 998 974 47.09      
22 A 948 925 8.77      
23 A 907 885 41.94      
24 A 853 833 87.07      
25 A 772 754 10.05      
26 A 652 636 6.89      
27 A 539 526 3.20      
28 A 468 457 8.00      
29 A 401 391 12.87      
30 A 338 330 4.13      
31 A 288 281 7.25      
32 A 198 193 7.74      
33 A 89 87 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23646.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23078.8 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-121G
ABC
0.22513 0.08092 0.06384

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.946 0.564 0.112
C2 1.350 -0.741 -0.387
C3 0.003 -1.024 0.354
C4 -1.095 0.033 0.039
O5 -0.632 1.361 -0.007
O6 -2.309 -0.251 -0.147
H7 2.636 0.959 -0.535
H8 2.360 0.473 1.045
H9 2.037 -1.595 -0.250
H10 1.161 -0.612 -1.464
H11 -0.395 -2.008 0.066
H12 0.178 -1.031 1.446
H13 0.380 1.370 0.100

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.51892.52113.08802.70184.34081.02391.02522.19122.11753.47882.72981.7619
C21.51891.56312.60012.91453.70032.13592.13161.10441.10192.20412.19512.3737
C32.52111.56311.55622.49422.48913.41292.87622.19712.19481.10041.10652.4359
C43.08802.60011.55621.40651.26123.88593.62493.54172.78722.15832.17531.9907
O52.70182.91452.49421.40652.33003.33463.29413.99043.03853.37832.91381.0178
O64.34083.70032.48911.26122.33005.10544.87304.55073.73012.60733.05503.1491
H71.02392.13593.41293.88593.33465.10541.67592.63842.34604.28343.73112.3794
H81.02522.13162.87623.62493.29414.87301.67592.46162.98553.83492.68002.3704
H92.19121.10442.19713.54173.99044.55072.63842.46161.79152.48712.57903.4146
H102.11751.10192.19482.78723.03853.73012.34602.98551.79152.59143.10092.6431
H113.47882.20411.10042.15833.37832.60734.28343.83492.48712.59141.78603.4657
H122.72982.19511.10652.17532.91383.05503.73112.68002.57903.10091.78602.7593
H131.76192.37372.43591.99071.01783.14912.37942.37043.41462.64313.46572.7593

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 109.764 N1 C2 H9 112.334
N1 C2 H10 106.710 C2 N1 H7 112.825
C2 N1 H8 112.382 C2 C3 C4 112.930
C2 C3 H11 110.482 C2 C3 H12 109.430
C3 C2 H9 109.710 C3 C2 H10 109.671
C3 C4 O5 114.580 C3 C4 O6 123.796
C4 C3 H11 107.428 C4 C3 H12 108.375
C4 O5 H13 109.350 O5 C4 O6 121.619
H7 N1 H8 109.747 H9 C2 H10 108.580
H11 C3 H12 108.050
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability