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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G*

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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-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-63.040184
Energy at 298.15K-63.049609
Nuclear repulsion energy135.662177
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-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 3488 3381 0.35      
2 A 3460 3354 261.69      
3 A 3106 3011 35.40      
4 A 3074 2980 12.76      
5 A 3067 2973 41.33      
6 A 3024 2931 31.03      
7 A 2976 2885 87.73      
8 A 1824 1769 359.50      
9 A 1523 1476 12.91      
10 A 1505 1459 15.86      
11 A 1496 1450 18.05      
12 A 1481 1435 9.63      
13 A 1462 1417 2.91      
14 A 1424 1380 395.69      
15 A 1345 1304 8.93      
16 A 1284 1245 6.31      
17 A 1210 1173 19.63      
18 A 1166 1130 10.96      
19 A 1140 1106 38.41      
20 A 1117 1082 28.29      
21 A 1000 970 27.07      
22 A 957 927 15.44      
23 A 900 872 68.17      
24 A 860 833 19.13      
25 A 773 749 73.51      
26 A 634 614 3.29      
27 A 565 548 8.93      
28 A 465 451 9.68      
29 A 367 356 3.41      
30 A 276 268 4.10      
31 A 203 197 2.31      
32 A 134 130 2.77      
33 A 74 71 6.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23688.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9694) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22963.2 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-121G*
ABC
0.29741 0.06585 0.05653

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.211 0.258 -0.334
C2 2.554 -0.068 0.191
C3 0.168 -0.730 0.012
C4 -1.233 -0.069 0.024
O5 -1.186 1.284 0.111
O6 -2.269 -0.700 -0.009
H7 1.262 0.342 -1.350
H8 0.128 -1.612 -0.643
H9 2.924 -1.059 -0.127
H10 3.267 0.694 -0.145
H11 0.350 -1.092 1.033
H12 2.530 -0.047 1.287
H13 -0.223 1.505 0.092

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47911.47772.49152.64483.62411.02072.18302.17052.11022.10502.11181.9472
C21.47912.48333.79133.97844.86912.05222.99421.10351.09602.57231.09653.1938
C31.47772.48331.54892.42842.43722.05021.09962.77913.41421.09832.76972.2703
C42.49153.79131.54891.35621.21362.87832.16344.27584.56732.13773.96921.8716
O52.64483.97842.42841.35622.26323.00253.26854.73654.49932.97534.11860.9886
O63.62414.86912.43721.21362.26323.91892.64265.20685.71052.84595.01373.0100
H71.02072.05222.05022.87833.00253.91892.36812.49372.36452.92702.95122.3740
H82.18302.99421.09962.16343.26852.64262.36812.89613.92631.76873.45573.2221
H92.17051.10352.77914.27584.73655.20682.49372.89611.78562.82331.78254.0648
H102.11021.09603.41424.56734.49935.71052.36453.92631.78563.61731.77293.5907
H112.10502.57231.09832.13772.97532.84592.92701.76872.82333.61732.43072.8209
H122.11181.09652.76973.96924.11865.01372.95123.45571.78251.77292.43073.3785
H131.94723.19382.27031.87160.98863.01002.37403.22214.06483.59072.82093.3785

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.577 N1 C2 H10 109.156
N1 C2 H12 109.251 N1 C3 C4 110.784
N1 C3 H8 114.984 N1 C3 H11 108.706
C2 N1 C3 114.249 C2 N1 H7 108.979
C3 N1 H7 108.913 C3 C4 O5 113.255
C3 C4 O6 123.372 C4 C3 H8 108.345
C4 C3 H11 106.462 C4 O5 H13 104.827
O5 C4 O6 123.352 H8 C3 H11 107.167
H9 C2 H10 108.551 H9 C2 H12 108.235
H10 C2 H12 107.919
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.417      
2 C -0.462      
3 C -0.374      
4 C 0.280      
5 O -0.420      
6 O -0.273      
7 H 0.315      
8 H 0.190      
9 H 0.165      
10 H 0.186      
11 H 0.199      
12 H 0.185      
13 H 0.427      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.640 -0.285 -0.607 5.679
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.904 -0.746 -0.636
y -0.746 -37.834 -0.582
z -0.636 -0.582 -33.437
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.268 -0.746 -0.636
y -0.746 0.836 -0.582
z -0.636 -0.582 7.432
Polar
3z2-r214.864
x2-y2-6.070
xy-0.746
xz-0.636
yz-0.582


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.955 0.410 0.038
y 0.410 7.261 0.031
z 0.038 0.031 5.706


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.333
(<r2>)1/2 12.819