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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G**

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 MP2/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/6-31G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.379550
Energy at 298.15K-207.382896
HF Energy-206.769601
Nuclear repulsion energy101.530017
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 MP2/6-31G**
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 3640 40.41 59.01 0.27 0.42
2 A 3218 3013 5.67 70.14 0.49 0.66
3 A 3125 2926 24.75 99.64 0.13 0.23
4 A 2210 2070 9.47 26.75 0.27 0.43
5 A 1548 1450 1.09 14.03 0.68 0.81
6 A 1442 1351 44.37 7.06 0.74 0.85
7 A 1407 1318 3.10 7.02 0.75 0.86
8 A 1246 1167 19.22 4.04 0.63 0.78
9 A 1107 1037 91.30 5.57 0.29 0.45
10 A 1010 946 28.38 0.51 0.47 0.64
11 A 919 860 19.47 3.03 0.16 0.27
12 A 575 538 3.22 1.36 0.29 0.46
13 A 392 367 95.52 1.02 0.72 0.84
14 A 303 283 65.08 5.10 0.75 0.86
15 A 206 193 7.79 4.16 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11297.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10579.7 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 MP2/6-31G**
ABC
1.10574 0.15958 0.14465

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.579 0.595 0.037
C2 0.820 0.124 -0.006
O3 -1.507 -0.464 -0.114
H4 -0.727 1.154 0.965
H5 -0.749 1.274 -0.795
H6 -1.410 -1.050 0.647
N7 1.928 -0.283 -0.014

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47731.41541.09341.08791.94102.6574
C21.47732.40252.09732.09992.60361.1805
O31.41542.40252.09512.01480.96523.4415
H41.09342.09732.09511.76422.32973.1742
H51.08792.09992.01481.76422.81413.1944
H61.94102.60360.96522.32972.81413.4889
N72.65741.18053.44153.17423.19443.4889

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.002 C1 O3 H6 107.741
C2 C1 O3 112.289 C2 C1 H4 108.416
C2 C1 H5 108.950 O3 C1 H4 112.619
O3 C1 H5 106.457 H4 C1 H5 107.960
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability