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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-321.946963
Energy at 298.15K-321.956729
Nuclear repulsion energy245.676293
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 HF/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 4046 3675 213.84      
2 A 3748 3405 4.99      
3 A 3250 2953 40.21      
4 A 3223 2928 22.55      
5 A 3213 2919 39.73      
6 A 3182 2891 26.31      
7 A 3131 2845 73.36      
8 A 2044 1857 460.50      
9 A 1649 1498 28.97      
10 A 1627 1478 4.27      
11 A 1616 1468 16.47      
12 A 1607 1460 6.55      
13 A 1583 1438 1.49      
14 A 1535 1394 446.69      
15 A 1482 1346 76.62      
16 A 1402 1274 8.91      
17 A 1336 1214 1.66      
18 A 1290 1172 16.85      
19 A 1254 1139 26.89      
20 A 1223 1111 30.66      
21 A 1092 992 22.92      
22 A 1060 963 12.14      
23 A 960 872 30.24      
24 A 913 829 66.84      
25 A 746 678 105.43      
26 A 712 647 5.13      
27 A 642 583 22.31      
28 A 511 464 14.63      
29 A 393 357 3.02      
30 A 285 259 3.08      
31 A 217 197 2.72      
32 A 128 116 3.22      
33 A 87 79 8.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25591.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23249.9 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.30927 0.06735 0.05791

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.202 0.267 -0.316
C2 2.539 -0.060 0.153
C3 0.179 -0.686 0.068
C4 -1.215 -0.075 0.022
O5 -1.245 1.242 0.115
O6 -2.191 -0.731 -0.053
H7 1.214 0.364 -1.312
H8 0.162 -1.597 -0.523
H9 2.882 -1.043 -0.171
H10 3.238 0.684 -0.210
H11 0.343 -0.977 1.101
H12 2.559 -0.034 1.237
H13 -0.353 1.564 0.135

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.45411.45012.46452.66943.54631.00052.14482.13502.08052.07252.08402.0749
C21.45412.44333.75624.00214.78152.02022.91061.09061.08342.56201.08453.3170
C31.45012.44331.52232.39742.37312.01931.08632.73673.36321.08632.73052.3131
C42.46453.75621.52231.32091.17792.80602.12374.21384.52282.09833.96431.8554
O52.66944.00212.39741.32092.19402.97563.23254.72594.52902.90144.16610.9485
O63.54634.78152.37311.17792.19403.79182.55115.08345.61202.79484.97042.9457
H71.00052.02022.01932.80602.97563.79182.36122.46212.32612.89502.90912.4477
H82.14482.91061.08632.12373.23252.55112.36122.79793.84231.74853.35953.2700
H92.13501.09062.73674.21384.72595.08342.46212.79791.76412.84081.76234.1660
H102.08051.08343.36324.52284.52905.61202.32613.84231.76413.58611.75263.7131
H112.07252.56201.08632.09832.90142.79482.89501.74852.84083.58612.41192.8059
H122.08401.08452.73053.96434.16614.97042.90913.35951.76231.75262.41193.4994
H132.07493.31702.31311.85540.94852.94572.44773.27004.16603.71312.80593.4994

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.302 N1 C2 H10 109.283
N1 C2 H12 109.500 N1 C3 C4 111.994
N1 C3 H8 114.726 N1 C3 H11 108.749
C2 N1 C3 114.559 C2 N1 H7 109.386
C3 N1 H7 109.614 C3 C4 O5 114.773
C3 C4 O6 122.494 C4 C3 H8 107.827
C4 C3 H11 105.888 C4 O5 H13 108.570
O5 C4 O6 122.703 H8 C3 H11 107.190
H9 C2 H10 108.479 H9 C2 H12 108.239
H10 C2 H12 107.892
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.540      
2 C -0.088      
3 C -0.065      
4 C 0.495      
5 O -0.389      
6 O -0.437      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.128      
9 H 0.082      
10 H 0.102      
11 H 0.131      
12 H 0.101      
13 H 0.277      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.500 0.059 -0.362 5.513
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.426 -1.334 -0.801
y -1.334 -37.407 -0.614
z -0.801 -0.614 -33.177
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.134 -1.334 -0.801
y -1.334 1.395 -0.614
z -0.801 -0.614 7.740
Polar
3z2-r215.479
x2-y2-7.019
xy-1.334
xz-0.801
yz-0.614


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.623 0.510 0.087
y 0.510 6.227 -0.004
z 0.087 -0.004 5.105


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 193.122
(<r2>)1/2 13.897