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All results from a given calculation for NH2CH2CH2COOH (β–alanine)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.874981
Energy at 298.15K-323.884819
HF Energy-323.874981
Nuclear repulsion energy247.023970
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 B3LYP/TZVP
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 3579 3455 7.61      
2 A 3498 3377 1.35      
3 A 3245 3133 718.71      
4 A 3117 3009 6.99      
5 A 3078 2971 21.02      
6 A 3026 2921 6.73      
7 A 3013 2909 60.19      
8 A 1827 1764 417.57      
9 A 1660 1602 35.37      
10 A 1518 1466 5.88      
11 A 1478 1426 235.03      
12 A 1470 1419 10.64      
13 A 1421 1372 10.38      
14 A 1371 1324 4.74      
15 A 1316 1271 3.25      
16 A 1297 1252 15.25      
17 A 1232 1189 99.34      
18 A 1153 1113 10.03      
19 A 1067 1030 8.37      
20 A 1018 983 7.87      
21 A 984 950 94.63      
22 A 951 919 15.98      
23 A 911 880 21.64      
24 A 859 830 60.46      
25 A 811 783 18.53      
26 A 699 675 10.40      
27 A 574 554 2.79      
28 A 493 476 9.07      
29 A 409 394 12.64      
30 A 331 319 7.62      
31 A 280 270 7.34      
32 A 200 193 5.73      
33 A 87 84 0.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23985.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9654) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23155.9 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 B3LYP/TZVP
ABC
0.23926 0.08325 0.06586

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.884 0.578 0.121
C2 1.349 -0.710 -0.361
C3 0.005 -1.005 0.311
C4 -1.080 0.038 0.032
O5 -0.642 1.304 -0.032
O6 -2.237 -0.246 -0.117
H7 2.641 0.916 -0.461
H8 2.233 0.503 1.070
H9 2.029 -1.555 -0.202
H10 1.201 -0.616 -1.438
H11 -0.382 -1.976 0.007
H12 0.147 -1.042 1.398
H13 0.334 1.321 0.077

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47472.46393.01332.63244.20901.01311.01452.16162.07883.41582.69601.7190
C21.47471.53172.57162.85093.62422.07922.07381.09611.09202.17622.15562.3118
C32.46391.53171.53032.42212.40523.35222.79582.15962.15501.08881.09602.3605
C43.01332.57161.53031.34071.20133.85473.50273.50092.79142.13202.12951.9093
O52.63242.85092.42211.34072.22603.33373.18153.91603.00993.29062.85790.9823
O64.20903.62422.40521.20132.22605.02674.68574.46303.70152.53952.93463.0174
H71.01312.07923.35223.85473.33375.02671.63702.55872.31904.21003.67512.4031
H81.01452.07382.79583.50273.18154.68571.63702.42822.93453.75732.61662.2938
H92.16161.09612.15963.50093.91604.46302.55872.42821.75972.45652.52263.3494
H102.07881.09202.15502.79143.00993.70152.31902.93451.75972.53903.05532.6070
H113.41582.17621.08882.13203.29062.53954.21003.75732.45652.53901.75663.3745
H122.69602.15561.09602.12952.85792.93463.67512.61662.52263.05531.75662.7131
H131.71902.31182.36051.90930.98233.01742.40312.29383.34942.60703.37452.7131

picture of β–alanine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 110.064 N1 C2 H9 113.639
N1 C2 H10 107.230 C2 N1 H7 112.051
C2 N1 H8 111.500 C2 C3 C4 114.243
C2 C3 H11 111.166 C2 C3 H12 109.106
C3 C2 H9 109.413 C3 C2 H10 109.295
C3 C4 O5 114.889 C3 C4 O6 122.953
C4 C3 H11 107.786 C4 C3 H12 107.196
C4 O5 H13 109.590 O5 C4 O6 122.158
H7 N1 H8 107.674 H9 C2 H10 107.067
H11 C3 H12 107.031
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.502      
2 C -0.231      
3 C -0.258      
4 C 0.229      
5 O -0.263      
6 O -0.310      
7 H 0.232      
8 H 0.221      
9 H 0.140      
10 H 0.154      
11 H 0.156      
12 H 0.143      
13 H 0.289      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  6.634 -1.352 0.584 6.795
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.182 1.711 -0.452
y 1.711 -38.012 0.019
z -0.452 0.019 -34.011
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.171 1.711 -0.452
y 1.711 -0.915 0.019
z -0.452 0.019 5.086
Polar
3z2-r210.172
x2-y2-2.170
xy1.711
xz-0.452
yz0.019


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.966 0.403 0.125
y 0.403 7.391 -0.011
z 0.125 -0.011 5.965


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 173.023
(<r2>)1/2 13.154