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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.955751
Energy at 298.15K-207.959153
HF Energy-207.955751
Nuclear repulsion energy102.607279
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
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 3888 3720 48.67 57.70 0.28 0.44
2 A 3128 2993 3.80 81.09 0.38 0.56
3 A 3038 2907 24.96 115.75 0.15 0.25
4 A 2387 2284 0.52 59.95 0.24 0.38
5 A 1488 1424 5.02 11.34 0.68 0.81
6 A 1424 1363 43.46 6.07 0.72 0.84
7 A 1382 1322 1.21 4.90 0.75 0.86
8 A 1233 1179 17.12 3.38 0.60 0.75
9 A 1112 1064 106.43 5.43 0.32 0.49
10 A 993 950 19.82 0.57 0.46 0.63
11 A 913 873 16.05 1.89 0.12 0.21
12 A 595 569 2.08 1.95 0.27 0.42
13 A 399 381 56.80 1.21 0.73 0.84
14 A 314 300 98.77 4.27 0.75 0.85
15 A 218 209 9.48 4.25 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11256.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10768.9 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
1.13552 0.16250 0.14744

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.568 0.585 0.038
C2 0.822 0.115 -0.006
O3 -1.502 -0.450 -0.110
H4 -0.704 1.151 0.968
H5 -0.725 1.276 -0.792
H6 -1.391 -1.065 0.618
N7 1.902 -0.280 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46831.40201.09711.09081.93302.6185
C21.46832.39412.08562.08752.58451.1506
O31.40202.39412.08912.01180.95913.4103
H41.09712.08562.08911.76392.34713.1314
H51.09082.08752.01181.76392.81243.1510
H61.93302.58450.95912.34712.81243.4445
N72.61851.15063.41033.13143.15103.4445

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.092 C1 O3 H6 108.446
C2 C1 O3 113.023 C2 C1 H4 107.904
C2 C1 H5 108.421 O3 C1 H4 112.859
O3 C1 H5 106.958 H4 C1 H5 107.455
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.031      
2 C 0.042      
3 O -0.374      
4 H 0.155      
5 H 0.167      
6 H 0.253      
7 N -0.275      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.419 1.151 1.348 2.999
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.662 1.198 -1.948
y 1.198 -20.430 -1.758
z -1.948 -1.758 -21.627
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.634 1.198 -1.948
y 1.198 6.214 -1.758
z -1.948 -1.758 4.419
Polar
3z2-r28.839
x2-y2-11.232
xy1.198
xz-1.948
yz-1.758


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.478 -0.462 -0.040
y -0.462 3.685 -0.120
z -0.040 -0.120 3.149


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.129
(<r2>)1/2 8.839