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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.476082
Energy at 298.15K-207.479508
HF Energy-206.823155
Nuclear repulsion energy102.101088
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 CCD/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 3932 3755 41.43      
2 A 3159 3017 6.05      
3 A 3077 2939 25.63      
4 A 2367 2261 2.79      
5 A 1527 1458 2.09      
6 A 1460 1395 52.30      
7 A 1416 1352 2.05      
8 A 1255 1198 15.91      
9 A 1136 1085 94.28      
10 A 1016 970 18.06      
11 A 914 873 21.05      
12 A 590 564 3.24      
13 A 403 385 83.13      
14 A 321 306 69.43      
15 A 219 209 9.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11395.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10883.5 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
1.12487 0.16065 0.14580

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.579 0.590 0.037
C2 0.826 0.114 -0.006
O3 -1.507 -0.456 -0.110
H4 -0.718 1.149 0.971
H5 -0.736 1.277 -0.797
H6 -1.380 -1.061 0.622
N7 1.915 -0.277 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.48441.40651.09741.09191.92562.6413
C21.48442.40462.10022.10242.57731.1571
O31.40652.40462.09072.01720.95773.4286
H41.09742.10022.09071.77272.33353.1531
H51.09192.10242.01721.77272.80903.1712
H61.92562.57730.95772.33352.80903.4468
N72.64131.15713.42863.15313.17123.4468

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.421 C1 O3 H6 107.557
C2 C1 O3 112.539 C2 C1 H4 107.935
C2 C1 H5 108.420 O3 C1 H4 112.643
O3 C1 H5 107.013 H4 C1 H5 108.132
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability