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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

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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/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.792647
Energy at 298.15K-207.796048
HF Energy-207.792647
Nuclear repulsion energy102.581881
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/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 3878 3724 48.62 58.35 0.28 0.43
2 A 3121 2997 3.63 82.48 0.38 0.55
3 A 3030 2910 24.87 118.06 0.15 0.26
4 A 2384 2290 0.55 60.63 0.24 0.38
5 A 1482 1423 5.26 11.49 0.68 0.81
6 A 1421 1365 43.67 6.13 0.72 0.84
7 A 1378 1324 1.03 4.88 0.75 0.86
8 A 1230 1181 16.81 3.50 0.60 0.75
9 A 1111 1067 105.71 5.37 0.33 0.50
10 A 991 952 19.07 0.59 0.45 0.62
11 A 913 877 15.87 1.89 0.12 0.22
12 A 595 572 2.13 1.94 0.27 0.42
13 A 399 383 56.90 1.20 0.73 0.84
14 A 314 302 97.87 4.25 0.75 0.85
15 A 218 209 9.42 4.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11232.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10788.0 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/6-311G**
ABC
1.13286 0.16257 0.14746

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.569 0.585 0.038
C2 0.821 0.116 -0.006
O3 -1.502 -0.451 -0.110
H4 -0.704 1.153 0.969
H5 -0.726 1.277 -0.792
H6 -1.388 -1.067 0.617
N7 1.902 -0.280 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46771.40241.09851.09211.93322.6187
C21.46772.39352.08632.08842.58221.1514
O31.40242.39352.09102.01320.96003.4097
H41.09852.08632.09101.76552.34933.1328
H51.09212.08842.01321.76552.81423.1528
H61.93322.58220.96002.34932.81423.4411
N72.61871.15143.40973.13283.15283.4411

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.029 C1 O3 H6 108.372
C2 C1 O3 112.993 C2 C1 H4 107.917
C2 C1 H5 108.449 O3 C1 H4 112.896
O3 C1 H5 106.960 H4 C1 H5 107.402
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.021      
2 C 0.033      
3 O -0.368      
4 H 0.156      
5 H 0.169      
6 H 0.252      
7 N -0.263      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.414 1.145 1.342 2.989
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.685 1.196 -1.933
y 1.196 -20.476 -1.758
z -1.933 -1.758 -21.680
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.607 1.196 -1.933
y 1.196 6.207 -1.758
z -1.933 -1.758 4.400
Polar
3z2-r28.801
x2-y2-11.209
xy1.196
xz-1.933
yz-1.758


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.492 -0.464 -0.040
y -0.464 3.701 -0.120
z -0.040 -0.120 3.159


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.150
(<r2>)1/2 8.840