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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2COOH (Hydroxyacetic acid)

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 CS 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-302.750663
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.750663
Nuclear repulsion energy182.098633
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' 4127 3750 99.45      
2 A' 4114 3738 129.17      
3 A' 3189 2897 31.13      
4 A' 2011 1827 420.42      
5 A' 1625 1476 8.19      
6 A' 1617 1469 2.10      
7 A' 1466 1332 140.65      
8 A' 1398 1270 64.89      
9 A' 1311 1191 169.45      
10 A' 1239 1125 239.78      
11 A' 935 850 40.36      
12 A' 715 649 31.65      
13 A' 512 465 24.96      
14 A' 304 276 8.31      
15 A" 3221 2926 28.39      
16 A" 1366 1241 0.18      
17 A" 1143 1039 3.37      
18 A" 698 634 163.74      
19 A" 544 495 17.31      
20 A" 254 231 82.46      
21 A" 33i 30i 38.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15878.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14425.3 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
0.36875 0.13733 0.10194

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.577 -0.867 0.000
C2 0.000 0.525 0.000
O3 -0.935 1.458 0.000
O4 1.160 0.757 0.000
O5 0.417 -1.831 0.000
H6 -1.211 -0.963 0.876
H7 -1.211 -0.963 -0.876
H8 1.257 -1.400 0.000
H9 -0.520 2.309 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50692.35282.37761.38441.08601.08601.90963.1767
C21.50691.32071.18302.39252.10892.10892.29931.8583
O32.35281.32072.20913.55612.58952.58953.60200.9462
O42.37761.18302.20912.69193.05703.05702.15902.2877
O51.38442.39253.55612.69192.04272.04270.94374.2447
H61.08602.10892.58953.05702.04271.75272.65523.4567
H71.08602.10892.58953.05702.04271.75272.65523.4567
H81.90962.29933.60202.15900.94372.65522.65524.1131
H93.17671.85830.94622.28774.24473.45673.45674.1131

picture of Hydroxyacetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 112.463 C1 C2 O4 123.787
C1 O5 H8 108.743 C2 C1 O5 111.613
C2 C1 H6 107.743 C2 C1 H7 107.743
C2 O3 H9 108.999 O3 C2 O4 123.750
O5 C1 H6 110.980 O5 C1 H7 110.980
H6 C1 H7 107.607
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 C 0.137      
2 C 0.431      
3 O -0.404      
4 O -0.462      
5 O -0.480      
6 H 0.112      
7 H 0.112      
8 H 0.274      
9 H 0.279      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.413 1.890 0.000 2.360
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.741 -0.724 0.000
y -0.724 -29.057 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.840
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.292 -0.724 0.000
y -0.724 0.233 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.059
Polar
3z2-r24.118
x2-y2-1.684
xy-0.724
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.818 -0.019 0.000
y -0.019 4.490 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.004


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 109.426
(<r2>)1/2 10.461