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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.762045
Energy at 298.15K-323.771533
Nuclear repulsion energy243.636412
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/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 3519 3396 3.30      
2 A 3486 3364 278.33      
3 A 3117 3008 21.08      
4 A 3077 2969 14.74      
5 A 3074 2966 20.31      
6 A 3027 2921 22.55      
7 A 2988 2883 66.60      
8 A 1881 1815 326.63      
9 A 1518 1464 9.59      
10 A 1497 1444 14.78      
11 A 1489 1436 14.80      
12 A 1475 1423 7.47      
13 A 1458 1407 4.33      
14 A 1423 1373 368.85      
15 A 1346 1299 8.12      
16 A 1287 1242 4.69      
17 A 1225 1182 16.80      
18 A 1178 1137 19.35      
19 A 1149 1109 35.39      
20 A 1134 1094 12.96      
21 A 1005 970 16.94      
22 A 973 939 14.20      
23 A 893 862 55.29      
24 A 876 845 15.05      
25 A 770 743 67.40      
26 A 645 622 3.50      
27 A 582 561 8.17      
28 A 473 457 10.24      
29 A 373 360 4.71      
30 A 275 266 4.55      
31 A 203 196 2.29      
32 A 137 132 2.32      
33 A 78 75 6.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23814.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22981.0 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.30396 0.06682 0.05738

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.202 0.255 -0.320
C2 2.538 -0.068 0.181
C3 0.165 -0.720 0.016
C4 -1.226 -0.068 0.024
O5 -1.181 1.269 0.111
O6 -2.249 -0.695 -0.014
H7 1.240 0.373 -1.328
H8 0.130 -1.604 -0.634
H9 2.918 -1.042 -0.165
H10 3.240 0.708 -0.135
H11 0.347 -1.083 1.034
H12 2.520 -0.081 1.275
H13 -0.224 1.491 0.100

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.46281.46292.47392.62533.59281.01512.16912.15642.09602.08692.09611.9331
C21.46282.46673.76753.95244.83202.03832.97021.10091.09332.56051.09453.1723
C31.46292.46671.53632.40372.41432.03911.09752.77773.39431.09662.74592.2464
C42.47393.76751.53631.34131.20012.84712.15194.26124.53632.12773.94941.8551
O52.62533.95242.40371.34132.23952.95513.24494.71334.46322.95314.10730.9822
O63.59284.83202.41431.20012.23953.87862.62135.18105.66722.82714.97802.9819
H71.01512.03832.03912.84712.95513.87862.37202.48402.35242.91502.93562.3302
H82.16912.97021.09752.15193.24492.62132.37202.88263.90761.76113.41693.2003
H92.15641.10092.77774.26124.71335.18102.48402.88261.77942.83661.77624.0440
H102.09601.09333.39434.53634.46325.66722.35243.90761.77943.59761.76933.5592
H112.08692.56051.09662.12772.95312.82712.91501.76112.83663.59762.40422.7969
H122.09611.09452.74593.94944.10734.97802.93563.41691.77621.76932.40423.3730
H131.93313.17232.24641.85510.98222.98192.33023.20034.04403.55922.79693.3730

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.770 N1 C2 H10 109.319
N1 C2 H12 109.254 N1 C3 C4 111.125
N1 C3 H8 115.064 N1 C3 H11 108.399
C2 N1 C3 114.935 C2 N1 H7 109.356
C3 N1 H7 109.413 C3 C4 O5 113.122
C3 C4 O6 123.377 C4 C3 H8 108.427
C4 C3 H11 106.638 C4 O5 H13 104.906
O5 C4 O6 123.481 H8 C3 H11 106.776
H9 C2 H10 108.381 H9 C2 H12 108.013
H10 C2 H12 107.942
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.308      
2 C -0.320      
3 C -0.286      
4 C 0.405      
5 O -0.359      
6 O -0.331      
7 H 0.238      
8 H 0.132      
9 H 0.115      
10 H 0.132      
11 H 0.145      
12 H 0.137      
13 H 0.299      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.128 -0.063 -0.540 5.157
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.548 -0.877 -0.623
y -0.877 -36.856 -0.635
z -0.623 -0.635 -32.901
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.669 -0.877 -0.623
y -0.877 0.868 -0.635
z -0.623 -0.635 6.801
Polar
3z2-r213.602
x2-y2-5.692
xy-0.877
xz-0.623
yz-0.635


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.639 0.369 0.045
y 0.369 6.767 0.010
z 0.045 0.010 5.416


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 194.053
(<r2>)1/2 13.930