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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

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 B3PW91/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/6-31G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.875913
Energy at 298.15K-207.879283
HF Energy-207.875913
Nuclear repulsion energy102.108601
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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 3853 3693 38.12      
2 A 3119 2990 4.71      
3 A 3026 2900 26.98      
4 A 2374 2275 0.32      
5 A 1489 1427 3.47      
6 A 1415 1356 45.90      
7 A 1379 1322 1.46      
8 A 1225 1174 16.99      
9 A 1107 1061 105.85      
10 A 987 946 23.43      
11 A 905 868 15.91      
12 A 586 562 2.32      
13 A 400 383 65.50      
14 A 312 299 93.15      
15 A 214 205 8.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11195.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10729.4 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
1.12684 0.16086 0.14602

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.573 0.586 0.038
C2 0.824 0.118 -0.006
O3 -1.507 -0.454 -0.112
H4 -0.710 1.156 0.969
H5 -0.734 1.279 -0.793
H6 -1.408 -1.059 0.632
N7 1.914 -0.281 -0.014

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47481.40501.10051.09421.93822.6350
C21.47482.40232.09402.09672.60341.1606
O31.40502.40232.09642.01600.96463.4267
H41.10052.09402.09641.76692.34713.1496
H51.09422.09672.01601.76692.82063.1707
H61.93822.60340.96462.34712.82063.4732
N72.63501.16063.42673.14963.17073.4732

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.940 C1 O3 H6 108.327
C2 C1 O3 113.041 C2 C1 H4 107.920
C2 C1 H5 108.496 O3 C1 H4 113.030
O3 C1 H5 106.880 H4 C1 H5 107.235
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.040      
2 C 0.332      
3 O -0.518      
4 H 0.167      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.336      
7 N -0.470      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.427 1.117 1.373 3.004
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.191 1.227 -1.996
y 1.227 -20.249 -1.783
z -1.996 -1.783 -21.413
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.360 1.227 -1.996
y 1.227 6.053 -1.783
z -1.996 -1.783 4.306
Polar
3z2-r28.613
x2-y2-10.942
xy1.227
xz-1.996
yz-1.783


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.339 -0.473 -0.041
y -0.473 3.524 -0.137
z -0.041 -0.137 3.016


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.571
(<r2>)1/2 8.864