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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.716117
Energy at 298.15K-207.719409
HF Energy-207.716117
Nuclear repulsion energy101.381760
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3703 3652 24.45 71.93 0.27 0.42
2 A 3034 2992 4.61 89.03 0.39 0.56
3 A 2933 2892 29.83 118.53 0.18 0.30
4 A 2275 2244 0.13 60.13 0.27 0.43
5 A 1439 1419 3.59 17.57 0.65 0.79
6 A 1375 1356 42.46 9.37 0.75 0.85
7 A 1332 1314 1.03 8.76 0.72 0.83
8 A 1185 1169 15.21 6.03 0.58 0.74
9 A 1052 1037 95.63 5.16 0.30 0.46
10 A 955 942 22.11 0.69 0.40 0.57
11 A 880 868 12.89 2.11 0.19 0.32
12 A 567 559 2.97 1.76 0.30 0.46
13 A 392 387 70.75 1.36 0.71 0.83
14 A 302 298 74.62 5.19 0.75 0.86
15 A 204 201 6.76 4.22 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10812.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10664.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
1.09616 0.15954 0.14449

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.577 0.592 0.038
C2 0.826 0.129 -0.008
O3 -1.513 -0.462 -0.112
H4 -0.717 1.172 0.975
H5 -0.748 1.287 -0.801
H6 -1.383 -1.074 0.637
N7 1.923 -0.288 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47821.41821.11011.10301.94512.6508
C21.47822.41532.10522.10912.59671.1735
O31.41822.41532.11792.03010.97543.4422
H41.11012.10522.11791.77992.36643.1743
H51.10302.10912.03011.77992.83633.1988
H61.94512.59670.97542.36642.83633.4603
N72.65081.17353.44223.17433.19883.4603

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.089 C1 O3 H6 107.254
C2 C1 O3 112.982 C2 C1 H4 108.008
C2 C1 H5 108.719 O3 C1 H4 113.227
O3 C1 H5 106.587 H4 C1 H5 107.074
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.057      
2 C 0.325      
3 O -0.476      
4 H 0.156      
5 H 0.182      
6 H 0.320      
7 N -0.449      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.368 1.054 1.302 2.901
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.998 1.196 -1.849
y 1.196 -20.366 -1.750
z -1.849 -1.750 -21.540
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.045 1.196 -1.849
y 1.196 5.903 -1.750
z -1.849 -1.750 4.142
Polar
3z2-r28.283
x2-y2-10.632
xy1.196
xz-1.849
yz-1.750


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.610 -0.492 -0.041
y -0.492 3.671 -0.146
z -0.041 -0.146 3.095


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.248
(<r2>)1/2 8.902