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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

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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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.902061
Energy at 298.15K-207.905450
HF Energy-207.902061
Nuclear repulsion energy102.309942
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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 3887 3699 41.73 64.41 0.27 0.43
2 A 3140 2988 4.29 81.78 0.42 0.59
3 A 3048 2901 25.45 111.78 0.15 0.26
4 A 2397 2281 0.39 52.77 0.27 0.43
5 A 1498 1425 3.56 15.18 0.66 0.80
6 A 1424 1355 47.07 7.82 0.74 0.85
7 A 1388 1321 1.56 6.92 0.73 0.85
8 A 1232 1173 16.24 4.82 0.60 0.75
9 A 1123 1069 108.08 5.25 0.31 0.47
10 A 994 945 22.97 0.61 0.44 0.62
11 A 913 869 16.47 2.02 0.16 0.28
12 A 592 563 2.28 1.74 0.32 0.49
13 A 402 383 64.35 1.26 0.72 0.84
14 A 314 299 96.03 5.12 0.75 0.86
15 A 216 206 8.72 4.57 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11284.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10736.8 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
1.13196 0.16144 0.14657

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.573 0.585 0.038
C2 0.823 0.116 -0.006
O3 -1.503 -0.453 -0.112
H4 -0.709 1.153 0.968
H5 -0.732 1.277 -0.792
H6 -1.406 -1.058 0.630
N7 1.911 -0.280 -0.014

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47321.40131.09851.09251.93472.6309
C21.47322.39722.09082.09352.59871.1581
O31.40132.39722.09172.01250.96233.4202
H41.09852.09082.09171.76452.34303.1439
H51.09252.09352.01251.76452.81603.1647
H61.93472.59870.96232.34302.81603.4677
N72.63091.15813.42023.14393.16473.4677

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.023 C1 O3 H6 108.449
C2 C1 O3 112.988 C2 C1 H4 107.894
C2 C1 H5 108.454 O3 C1 H4 113.033
O3 C1 H5 106.953 H4 C1 H5 107.285
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.039      
2 C 0.329      
3 O -0.523      
4 H 0.170      
5 H 0.197      
6 H 0.337      
7 N -0.471      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.430 1.125 1.377 3.012
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.205 1.217 -1.999
y 1.217 -20.237 -1.783
z -1.999 -1.783 -21.410
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.382 1.217 -1.999
y 1.217 6.070 -1.783
z -1.999 -1.783 4.312
Polar
3z2-r28.623
x2-y2-10.968
xy1.217
xz-1.999
yz-1.783


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.286 -0.471 -0.040
y -0.471 3.494 -0.135
z -0.040 -0.135 2.995


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.335
(<r2>)1/2 8.851