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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.683351
Energy at 298.15K-323.692893
Nuclear repulsion energy244.947761
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3575 3413 5.44      
2 A 3503 3344 320.93      
3 A 3153 3010 17.94      
4 A 3112 2971 0.50      
5 A 3109 2968 31.58      
6 A 3060 2921 17.79      
7 A 3019 2882 63.23      
8 A 1913 1826 348.97      
9 A 1522 1453 12.58      
10 A 1500 1432 22.66      
11 A 1493 1426 16.09      
12 A 1477 1410 18.77      
13 A 1460 1394 35.63      
14 A 1444 1379 337.99      
15 A 1347 1286 8.87      
16 A 1294 1235 4.08      
17 A 1249 1192 12.51      
18 A 1199 1144 34.05      
19 A 1165 1112 20.62      
20 A 1144 1092 8.76      
21 A 1013 967 12.62      
22 A 992 947 24.40      
23 A 915 874 49.77      
24 A 895 854 14.67      
25 A 783 747 68.51      
26 A 651 621 3.51      
27 A 586 559 7.69      
28 A 479 458 9.98      
29 A 377 360 5.48      
30 A 281 269 5.38      
31 A 204 195 2.31      
32 A 139 133 2.47      
33 A 77 73 6.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24063.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22973.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.30661 0.06773 0.05819

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.194 0.247 -0.327
C2 2.515 -0.068 0.193
C3 0.160 -0.722 -0.001
C4 -1.220 -0.063 0.024
O5 -1.157 1.265 0.108
O6 -2.244 -0.681 -0.000
H7 1.245 0.362 -1.332
H8 0.117 -1.596 -0.661
H9 2.903 -1.040 -0.143
H10 3.220 0.708 -0.113
H11 0.342 -1.100 1.011
H12 2.481 -0.077 1.285
H13 -0.196 1.463 0.085

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.45431.45452.45902.59873.57691.01232.16162.14762.08882.08112.08791.8925
C21.45432.45203.73893.90774.80312.03022.96951.09921.09192.54101.09313.1161
C31.45452.45201.52952.38672.40512.03031.09592.76513.37961.09522.73032.2160
C42.45903.73891.52951.33221.19702.84492.14614.24064.50852.11863.90931.8385
O52.59873.90772.38671.33222.23202.94263.22514.67584.41812.94214.05200.9811
O63.57694.80312.40511.19702.23203.87792.61715.16245.63972.80864.93382.9665
H71.01232.03022.03032.84492.94263.87792.35772.47532.34672.90492.92692.3015
H82.16162.96951.09592.14613.22512.61712.35772.88853.90431.75793.41803.1646
H92.14761.09922.76514.24064.67585.16242.47532.88851.77672.80971.77383.9908
H102.08881.09193.37964.50854.41815.63972.34673.90431.77673.57971.76573.5048
H112.08112.54101.09522.11862.94212.80862.90491.75792.80973.57972.38622.7781
H122.08791.09312.73033.90934.05204.93382.92693.41801.77381.76572.38623.3136
H131.89253.11612.21601.83850.98112.96652.30153.16463.99083.50482.77813.3136

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.781 N1 C2 H10 109.416
N1 C2 H12 109.276 N1 C3 C4 110.963
N1 C3 H8 115.169 N1 C3 H11 108.592
C2 N1 C3 114.906 C2 N1 H7 109.483
C3 N1 H7 109.474 C3 C4 O5 112.843
C3 C4 O6 123.336 C4 C3 H8 108.529
C4 C3 H11 106.462 C4 O5 H13 104.237
O5 C4 O6 123.802 H8 C3 H11 106.695
H9 C2 H10 108.361 H9 C2 H12 108.017
H10 C2 H12 107.817
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.380      
2 C -0.376      
3 C -0.324      
4 C 0.447      
5 O -0.393      
6 O -0.359      
7 H 0.266      
8 H 0.162      
9 H 0.140      
10 H 0.159      
11 H 0.174      
12 H 0.162      
13 H 0.322      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.230 -0.120 -0.590 5.264
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.215 -0.857 -0.557
y -0.857 -36.607 -0.621
z -0.557 -0.621 -32.630
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.597 -0.857 -0.557
y -0.857 0.816 -0.621
z -0.557 -0.621 6.782
Polar
3z2-r213.563
x2-y2-5.609
xy-0.857
xz-0.557
yz-0.621


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.521 0.366 0.038
y 0.366 6.689 0.009
z 0.038 0.009 5.381


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 191.649
(<r2>)1/2 13.844