return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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)

Jump to S1C2
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/3-21G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-206.563202
Energy at 298.15K-206.566726
HF Energy-206.563202
Nuclear repulsion energy101.312579
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 PBE1PBE/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 3542 3402 8.87 80.62 0.31 0.47
2 A 3139 3014 2.10 83.25 0.40 0.57
3 A 3040 2920 22.08 103.39 0.19 0.32
4 A 2369 2275 0.19 41.98 0.27 0.43
5 A 1542 1481 8.32 21.07 0.67 0.80
6 A 1418 1362 22.06 12.75 0.75 0.86
7 A 1401 1346 1.20 10.71 0.74 0.85
8 A 1274 1223 21.68 5.96 0.67 0.80
9 A 1038 997 35.79 7.16 0.34 0.51
10 A 994 954 55.95 1.23 0.75 0.85
11 A 909 873 24.84 1.91 0.09 0.17
12 A 618 594 2.38 2.24 0.30 0.46
13 A 467 448 39.70 1.78 0.73 0.84
14 A 347 334 142.94 8.21 0.75 0.85
15 A 234 224 6.20 4.11 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11165.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10723.3 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 PBE1PBE/3-21G
ABC
1.08145 0.16006 0.14470

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.554 0.604 0.038
C2 0.827 0.123 0.002
O3 -1.524 -0.459 -0.114
H4 -0.694 1.191 0.959
H5 -0.720 1.274 -0.811
H6 -1.419 -1.074 0.657
N7 1.912 -0.297 -0.019

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46351.44631.10071.09391.98672.6262
C21.46352.42482.09062.09252.62861.1631
O31.44632.42482.13532.03330.99223.4404
H41.10072.09062.13531.77142.39713.1560
H51.09392.09252.03331.77142.85613.1655
H61.98672.62860.99222.39712.85613.4863
N72.62621.16313.44043.15603.16553.4863

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.954 C1 O3 H6 107.662
C2 C1 O3 112.877 C2 C1 H4 108.407
C2 C1 H5 108.954 O3 C1 H4 113.239
O3 C1 H5 105.502 H4 C1 H5 107.639
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.238      
2 C 0.335      
3 O -0.537      
4 H 0.257      
5 H 0.298      
6 H 0.367      
7 N -0.482      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.049 1.149 1.518 2.797
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.595 1.225 -2.212
y 1.225 -20.335 -1.865
z -2.212 -1.865 -21.533
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.661 1.225 -2.212
y 1.225 6.229 -1.865
z -2.212 -1.865 4.432
Polar
3z2-r28.863
x2-y2-11.260
xy1.225
xz-2.212
yz-1.865


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.774 -0.372 -0.040
y -0.372 3.187 -0.203
z -0.040 -0.203 2.643


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.312
(<r2>)1/2 8.906