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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/STO-3G

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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 HSEh1PBE/STO-3G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HSEh1PBE/STO-3G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/STO-3G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-205.029485
Energy at 298.15K-205.032673
HF Energy-205.029485
Nuclear repulsion energy99.359834
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 HSEh1PBE/STO-3G
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 3796 3352 21.17 37.84 0.29 0.44
2 A 3422 3022 1.97 39.50 0.62 0.77
3 A 3296 2911 3.00 48.50 0.15 0.26
4 A 2417 2135 19.35 19.61 0.23 0.38
5 A 1622 1432 3.31 15.90 0.74 0.85
6 A 1597 1410 17.76 13.54 0.68 0.81
7 A 1454 1284 9.04 6.96 0.56 0.72
8 A 1306 1153 5.00 5.95 0.66 0.80
9 A 1139 1006 18.30 3.23 0.31 0.48
10 A 1014 895 12.62 0.97 0.56 0.71
11 A 920 812 9.95 2.01 0.21 0.35
12 A 583 515 2.25 1.61 0.29 0.45
13 A 426 376 55.71 2.50 0.74 0.85
14 A 313 276 38.38 5.34 0.75 0.86
15 A 206 182 3.93 2.54 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11755.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8831) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10380.9 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 HSEh1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
1.06439 0.15255 0.13855

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.587 0.602 0.038
C2 0.846 0.128 -0.001
O3 -1.555 -0.472 -0.120
H4 -0.725 1.181 0.981
H5 -0.748 1.299 -0.811
H6 -1.372 -1.042 0.708
N7 1.962 -0.292 -0.020

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.50991.45491.11541.10981.94132.7016
C21.50992.47832.13102.13702.60641.1923
O31.45492.47832.15302.06561.02153.5231
H41.11542.13102.15301.79612.33153.2238
H51.10982.13702.06561.79612.85953.2398
H61.94132.60641.02152.33152.85953.4941
N72.70161.19233.52313.22383.23983.4941

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.589 C1 O3 H6 101.811
C2 C1 O3 113.410 C2 C1 H4 107.578
C2 C1 H5 108.353 O3 C1 H4 113.117
O3 C1 H5 106.516 H4 C1 H5 107.632
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.061      
2 C 0.046      
3 O -0.222      
4 H 0.103      
5 H 0.119      
6 H 0.191      
7 N -0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.006 0.909 1.176 2.497
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.451 0.927 -1.539
y 0.927 -19.487 -1.262
z -1.539 -1.262 -19.897
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.758 0.927 -1.539
y 0.927 4.687 -1.262
z -1.539 -1.262 4.071
Polar
3z2-r28.143
x2-y2-8.964
xy0.927
xz-1.539
yz-1.262


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.317 -0.234 -0.046
y -0.234 1.979 -0.250
z -0.046 -0.250 1.563


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.815
(<r2>)1/2 8.990