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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

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 CISD/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CISD/3-21G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-205.985676
Energy at 298.15K-205.989208
HF Energy-205.610170
Nuclear repulsion energy100.999734
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 CISD/3-21G
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 3628 3415 7.90      
2 A 3195 3008 4.44      
3 A 3112 2930 21.31      
4 A 2411 2270 2.36      
5 A 1606 1511 3.49      
6 A 1461 1375 21.65      
7 A 1444 1360 6.15      
8 A 1304 1227 22.73      
9 A 1058 996 14.40      
10 A 1019 959 78.28      
11 A 906 853 31.73      
12 A 613 577 2.03      
13 A 456 429 43.84      
14 A 349 328 146.96      
15 A 237 223 6.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11399.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9413) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10730.5 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 CISD/3-21G
ABC
1.07461 0.15855 0.14335

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.558 0.611 0.037
C2 0.837 0.119 0.003
O3 -1.528 -0.462 -0.115
H4 -0.706 1.183 0.958
H5 -0.724 1.276 -0.809
H6 -1.456 -1.063 0.661
N7 1.919 -0.297 -0.018

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47961.45451.09461.08891.99912.6390
C21.47962.43852.10362.10612.66231.1596
O31.45452.43852.12962.03660.98443.4529
H41.09462.10362.12961.76992.38643.1678
H51.08892.10612.03661.76992.85763.1761
H61.99912.66230.98442.38642.85763.5270
N72.63901.15963.45293.16783.17613.5270

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.371 C1 O3 H6 108.575
C2 C1 O3 112.420 C2 C1 H4 108.688
C2 C1 H5 109.215 O3 C1 H4 112.567
O3 C1 H5 105.498 H4 C1 H5 108.302
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability