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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-321.838759
Energy at 298.15K-321.848123
Nuclear repulsion energy239.757447
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 BLYP/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 3299 3281 0.22      
2 A 3058 3041 19.15      
3 A 3043 3026 9.11      
4 A 3023 3006 22.74      
5 A 2996 2980 12.84      
6 A 2939 2923 49.96      
7 A 2525 2511 412.14      
8 A 1731 1722 371.64      
9 A 1542 1534 8.01      
10 A 1524 1516 33.72      
11 A 1490 1481 102.34      
12 A 1462 1454 62.28      
13 A 1449 1441 2.21      
14 A 1429 1421 206.87      
15 A 1298 1291 3.78      
16 A 1251 1245 0.82      
17 A 1140 1134 26.69      
18 A 1126 1120 21.03      
19 A 1107 1101 39.03      
20 A 1063 1057 53.69      
21 A 1042 1037 51.36      
22 A 952 946 21.21      
23 A 879 874 7.58      
24 A 787 782 26.82      
25 A 753 749 43.84      
26 A 608 605 8.65      
27 A 539 536 3.64      
28 A 446 444 6.14      
29 A 399 397 14.58      
30 A 310 308 9.10      
31 A 200 199 0.94      
32 A 144 144 1.10      
33 A 45 45 4.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22799.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22674.3 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.28688 0.06626 0.05716

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.197 0.177 0.404
C2 -2.514 -0.053 -0.292
C3 -0.112 -0.829 0.090
C4 1.247 -0.037 -0.030
O5 1.009 1.316 -0.078
O6 2.355 -0.579 -0.099
H7 -1.340 0.234 1.429
H8 -0.010 -1.635 0.833
H9 -2.984 -1.021 -0.036
H10 -3.200 0.763 -0.020
H11 -0.327 -1.281 -0.891
H12 -2.340 -0.018 -1.378
H13 -0.053 1.339 0.041

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.50661.51252.49182.52943.66681.03602.20832.19532.12962.13592.12591.6711
C21.50662.55273.76983.78524.90112.10233.16811.10661.10072.57901.10022.8468
C31.51252.55271.57712.42602.48692.10431.10142.88083.47631.10192.78882.1690
C42.49183.76981.57711.37541.23552.98222.20884.34354.51882.18323.83231.8943
O52.52943.78522.42601.37542.32532.99343.25284.62654.24563.03203.83221.0683
O63.66684.90112.48691.23552.32534.08052.75335.35745.71602.88324.89873.0817
H71.03602.10232.10432.98222.99344.08052.36952.53362.41632.95022.98992.1921
H82.20833.16811.10142.20883.25282.75332.36953.15784.08121.78873.59623.0781
H92.19531.10662.88084.34354.62655.35742.53363.15781.79782.80331.79503.7639
H102.12961.10073.47634.51884.24565.71602.41634.08121.79783.63291.78743.2004
H112.13592.57901.10192.18323.03202.88322.95021.78872.80333.63292.42632.7947
H122.12591.10022.78883.83233.83224.89872.98993.59621.79501.78742.42633.0146
H131.67112.84682.16901.89431.06833.08172.19213.07813.76393.20042.79473.0146

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.411 N1 C2 H10 108.526
N1 C2 H12 108.269 N1 C3 C4 107.493
N1 C3 H8 114.388 N1 C3 H11 108.547
C2 N1 C3 115.454 C2 N1 H7 110.168
C3 N1 H7 109.909 C3 C4 O5 110.318
C3 C4 O6 123.855 C4 C3 H8 109.830
C4 C3 H11 107.844 C4 O5 H13 100.894
O5 C4 O6 125.808 H8 C3 H11 108.547
H9 C2 H10 109.069 H9 C2 H12 108.860
H10 C2 H12 108.606
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.554      
2 C -0.392      
3 C -0.326      
4 C 0.577      
5 O -0.517      
6 O -0.450      
7 H 0.287      
8 H 0.211      
9 H 0.182      
10 H 0.203      
11 H 0.228      
12 H 0.209      
13 H 0.343      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -6.002 -1.066 0.880 6.159
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.694 -0.207 -0.017
y -0.207 -37.681 0.448
z -0.017 0.448 -32.838
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.435 -0.207 -0.017
y -0.207 -0.415 0.448
z -0.017 0.448 6.850
Polar
3z2-r213.700
x2-y2-4.013
xy-0.207
xz-0.017
yz0.448


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.232 -0.513 -0.083
y -0.513 6.004 0.005
z -0.083 0.005 4.572


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 204.327
(<r2>)1/2 14.294