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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(NH2)COOH (Alanine)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.385044
Energy at 298.15K-323.394055
Nuclear repulsion energy248.497831
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 PBEPBE/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 3668 3630 34.58      
2 A 3509 3472 8.90      
3 A 3404 3369 16.68      
4 A 3078 3046 9.78      
5 A 3041 3009 23.34      
6 A 2956 2925 29.44      
7 A 2844 2815 44.10      
8 A 1806 1788 191.92      
9 A 1582 1566 49.74      
10 A 1453 1438 11.08      
11 A 1434 1419 12.25      
12 A 1357 1343 3.91      
13 A 1346 1332 28.19      
14 A 1300 1287 11.66      
15 A 1267 1254 308.10      
16 A 1192 1180 2.86      
17 A 1153 1141 3.03      
18 A 1126 1114 16.34      
19 A 1073 1062 9.93      
20 A 990 980 1.45      
21 A 914 905 16.81      
22 A 850 841 127.19      
23 A 777 769 11.65      
24 A 701 693 2.78      
25 A 568 562 13.83      
26 A 513 507 61.44      
27 A 475 471 4.82      
28 A 404 400 10.62      
29 A 329 326 4.47      
30 A 286 283 14.72      
31 A 227 225 27.26      
32 A 212 210 7.55      
33 A 51 50 5.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22941.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9897) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22705.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.16315 0.11206 0.07077

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 -2.417 1.215 -0.042
O2 1.554 1.027 0.074
H3 0.947 1.771 0.245
C4 0.830 -0.124 0.034
O5 1.374 -1.178 -0.211
C6 -0.669 -0.002 0.365
H7 -0.693 0.124 1.474
C8 -1.339 1.237 -0.261
H9 -0.959 2.193 0.146
H10 -1.218 1.233 -1.355
H11 -2.063 -1.492 0.564
H12 -0.627 -1.965 -0.101
N13 -1.332 -1.220 -0.094

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 O2 H3 C4 O5 C6 H7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 N13
H13.97693.42153.51344.48692.16852.54171.10111.76601.77882.79673.64972.6664
O23.97690.97511.35962.23102.46632.79692.91892.77073.12484.43493.70583.6611
H33.42150.97511.90943.01462.40122.62862.40061.95422.74504.45064.06773.7751
C43.51341.35961.90941.21201.54012.11022.57722.92902.82243.24452.35162.4278
O54.48692.23103.01461.21202.42712.96783.63254.11533.72043.53772.15232.7090
C62.16852.46632.40121.54012.42711.11621.54112.22452.18732.05072.01791.4611
H72.54172.79692.62862.11022.96781.11622.16012.47263.08362.30592.61662.1620
C81.10112.91892.40062.57723.63251.54112.16011.10621.10062.94203.28382.4627
H91.76602.77071.95422.92904.11532.22452.47261.10621.80073.86974.17813.4417
H101.77883.12482.74502.82243.72042.18733.08361.10061.80073.43883.48512.7603
H112.79674.43494.45063.24453.53772.05072.30592.94203.86973.43881.65241.0212
H123.64973.70584.06772.35162.15232.01792.61663.28384.17813.48511.65241.0258
N132.66643.66113.77512.42782.70901.46112.16202.46273.44172.76031.02121.0258

picture of Alanine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C3 C2 118.254 N1 C3 C4 76.687
N1 C3 H11 38.926 C2 C3 C4 42.436
C2 C3 H11 82.787 C3 N1 H7 49.666
C3 N1 H8 18.240 C3 C2 H9 27.134
C3 C2 H10 58.540 C3 C2 H12 104.940
C3 C4 O5 149.142 C3 C4 O6 87.547
C4 C3 H11 40.484 C4 O5 H13 63.664
O5 C4 O6 123.311 H7 N1 H8 57.511
H9 C2 H10 34.917 H9 C2 H12 78.901
H10 C2 H12 60.652
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.145      
2 O -0.339      
3 H 0.296      
4 C 0.418      
5 O -0.298      
6 C -0.136      
7 H 0.108      
8 C -0.426      
9 H 0.113      
10 H 0.157      
11 H 0.233      
12 H 0.248      
13 N -0.518      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.413 2.236 1.816 3.757
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.010 2.179 -1.686
y 2.179 -32.971 -1.444
z -1.686 -1.444 -35.475
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.787 2.179 -1.686
y 2.179 4.772 -1.444
z -1.686 -1.444 1.016
Polar
3z2-r22.031
x2-y2-7.039
xy2.179
xz-1.686
yz-1.444


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.607 -0.059 -0.204
y -0.059 8.290 0.239
z -0.204 0.239 5.451


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000