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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.739477
Energy at 298.15K-207.742861
HF Energy-207.739477
Nuclear repulsion energy102.298754
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3876 3699 40.65 65.71 0.27 0.43
2 A 3132 2988 4.30 82.65 0.42 0.59
3 A 3039 2900 25.78 112.22 0.15 0.27
4 A 2395 2285 0.42 53.49 0.27 0.43
5 A 1492 1423 3.62 15.48 0.66 0.80
6 A 1420 1355 47.99 8.00 0.74 0.85
7 A 1384 1321 1.33 7.01 0.73 0.84
8 A 1229 1173 15.57 5.06 0.60 0.75
9 A 1123 1071 108.11 5.13 0.31 0.48
10 A 991 946 22.15 0.63 0.42 0.59
11 A 914 872 16.19 2.04 0.17 0.29
12 A 592 565 2.33 1.72 0.32 0.49
13 A 402 383 62.97 1.29 0.72 0.84
14 A 314 299 96.66 5.11 0.75 0.86
15 A 215 205 8.87 4.56 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11257.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10743.1 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
1.12925 0.16159 0.14664

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.573 0.585 0.038
C2 0.822 0.118 -0.007
O3 -1.503 -0.453 -0.112
H4 -0.710 1.155 0.969
H5 -0.734 1.279 -0.793
H6 -1.400 -1.062 0.628
N7 1.910 -0.280 -0.014

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47241.40141.10011.09391.93442.6307
C21.47242.39632.09142.09432.59431.1587
O31.40142.39632.09352.01380.96313.4189
H41.10012.09142.09351.76602.34623.1451
H51.09392.09432.01381.76602.81763.1665
H61.93442.59430.96312.34622.81763.4612
N72.63071.15873.41893.14513.16653.4612

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.918 C1 O3 H6 108.361
C2 C1 O3 112.970 C2 C1 H4 107.902
C2 C1 H5 108.485 O3 C1 H4 113.077
O3 C1 H5 106.966 H4 C1 H5 107.203
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.039      
2 C 0.320      
3 O -0.518      
4 H 0.167      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.335      
7 N -0.461      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.418 1.111 1.367 2.992
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.231 1.221 -1.974
y 1.221 -20.273 -1.782
z -1.974 -1.782 -21.462
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.363 1.221 -1.974
y 1.221 6.073 -1.782
z -1.974 -1.782 4.290
Polar
3z2-r28.580
x2-y2-10.958
xy1.221
xz-1.974
yz-1.782


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.299 -0.474 -0.039
y -0.474 3.514 -0.137
z -0.039 -0.137 3.007


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.331
(<r2>)1/2 8.850