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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (Cs)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.799190
Energy at 298.15K-207.802433
HF Energy-207.799190
Nuclear repulsion energy101.712377
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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3696 3655 38.83 72.65 0.16 0.28
2 A 3020 2986 1.93 87.56 0.32 0.49
3 A 2936 2903 21.89 134.76 0.12 0.22
4 A 2261 2236 0.31 97.77 0.15 0.26
5 A 1424 1408 5.46 9.26 0.56 0.72
6 A 1363 1347 35.52 3.54 0.70 0.82
7 A 1311 1296 1.60 3.56 0.50 0.66
8 A 1181 1168 13.90 3.51 0.28 0.43
9 A 1028 1016 93.79 6.97 0.27 0.42
10 A 949 938 21.18 0.67 0.20 0.33
11 A 879 869 12.26 2.86 0.06 0.12
12 A 566 559 1.37 1.85 0.12 0.22
13 A 363 359 25.31 0.64 0.74 0.85
14 A 277 274 97.90 1.30 0.75 0.86
15 A 203 201 12.09 2.30 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10727.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9888) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10607.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.10935 0.16028 0.14518

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.566 0.593 0.039
C2 0.825 0.119 -0.007
O3 -1.518 -0.453 -0.108
H4 -0.708 1.163 0.975
H5 -0.734 1.286 -0.798
H6 -1.375 -1.101 0.603
N7 1.915 -0.285 -0.016

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47021.42251.10491.09901.96032.6328
C21.47022.41382.09822.10172.58821.1630
O31.42252.41382.10732.02840.97203.4384
H41.10492.09822.10731.77742.38893.1559
H51.09902.10172.02841.77742.84033.1779
H61.96032.58820.97202.38892.84033.4457
N72.63281.16303.43843.15593.17793.4457

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.971 C1 O3 H6 108.433
C2 C1 O3 113.112 C2 C1 H4 108.308
C2 C1 H5 108.925 O3 C1 H4 112.377
O3 C1 H5 106.409 H4 C1 H5 107.511
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.045      
2 C 0.067      
3 O -0.396      
4 H 0.212      
5 H 0.285      
6 H 0.143      
7 N -0.356      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.427 1.170 1.196 2.947
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.328 1.155 -1.715
y 1.155 -20.988 -1.732
z -1.715 -1.732 -22.303
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.682 1.155 -1.715
y 1.155 6.328 -1.732
z -1.715 -1.732 4.354
Polar
3z2-r28.709
x2-y2-11.340
xy1.155
xz-1.715
yz-1.732


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.979 -0.391 -0.052
y -0.391 4.926 -0.027
z -0.052 -0.027 4.341


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.471
(<r2>)1/2 8.915