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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2COOH (Hydroxyacetic acid)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
1 2 no C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.502742
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.679504
Nuclear repulsion energy178.992659
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 MP2/6-31+G**
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' 3803 3577 71.05      
2 A' 3791 3566 97.40      
3 A' 3124 2938 24.04      
4 A' 1810 1703 265.81      
5 A' 1543 1451 8.92      
6 A' 1492 1403 1.86      
7 A' 1355 1275 145.34      
8 A' 1301 1224 22.40      
9 A' 1182 1112 112.29      
10 A' 1124 1057 259.42      
11 A' 878 826 32.86      
12 A' 646 608 17.75      
13 A' 474 446 27.51      
14 A' 281 264 8.02      
15 A" 3174 2986 8.52      
16 A" 1265 1190 0.51      
17 A" 1056 993 0.39      
18 A" 641 603 136.13      
19 A" 504 474 13.07      
20 A" 256 240 76.72      
21 A" 77i 73i 39.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14810.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9406) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13931.0 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 MP2/6-31+G**
ABC
0.35103 0.13455 0.09907

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.599 -0.864 0.000
C2 0.000 0.524 0.000
O3 -0.949 1.486 0.000
O4 1.202 0.745 0.000
O5 0.408 -1.855 0.000
H6 -1.234 -0.964 0.883
H7 -1.234 -0.964 -0.883
H8 1.261 -1.392 0.000
H9 -0.489 2.344 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51102.37602.41501.41201.09251.09251.93303.2095
C21.51101.35161.22232.41282.12492.12492.29341.8848
O32.37601.35162.27483.60562.62022.62023.62870.9730
O42.41501.22232.27482.71863.10403.10402.13832.3268
O51.41202.41283.60562.71862.06562.06560.97054.2930
H61.09252.12492.62023.10402.06561.76682.68063.5038
H71.09252.12492.62023.10402.06561.76682.68063.5038
H81.93302.29343.62872.13830.97052.68062.68064.1254
H93.20951.88480.97302.32684.29303.50383.50384.1254

picture of Hydroxyacetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 112.081 C1 C2 O4 123.795
C1 O5 H8 106.990 C2 C1 O5 111.217
C2 C1 H6 108.328 C2 C1 H7 108.328
C2 O3 H9 107.221 O3 C2 O4 124.123
O5 C1 H6 110.475 O5 C1 H7 110.475
H6 C1 H7 107.915
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.502743
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.679503
Nuclear repulsion energy179.004553
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 MP2/6-31+G**
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 3803 3577 70.72      
2 A 3791 3566 97.59      
3 A 3174 2986 8.50      
4 A 3124 2938 24.04      
5 A 1811 1703 265.79      
6 A 1543 1451 8.91      
7 A 1492 1403 1.86      
8 A 1355 1275 145.08      
9 A 1301 1224 22.19      
10 A 1265 1190 0.71      
11 A 1182 1112 111.42      
12 A 1124 1057 260.72      
13 A 1056 993 0.45      
14 A 878 826 32.67      
15 A 646 608 18.47      
16 A 641 603 135.12      
17 A 504 474 13.32      
18 A 474 446 27.52      
19 A 281 265 8.60      
20 A 256 241 76.49      
21 A 76i 72i 39.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14812.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9406) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13932.2 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 MP2/6-31+G**
ABC
0.35097 0.13461 0.09909

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.735 -0.751 0.005
C2 0.514 0.099 -0.000
O3 1.639 -0.651 -0.003
O4 0.504 1.321 0.001
O5 -1.898 0.050 -0.006
H6 -0.713 -1.400 -0.874
H7 -0.714 -1.387 0.893
H8 -1.605 0.975 0.009
H9 2.394 -0.037 -0.003

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51092.37572.41471.41201.09241.09271.93303.2090
C21.51091.35181.22222.41222.12542.12472.29281.8846
O32.37571.35182.27513.60502.61762.62303.62820.9730
O42.41471.22222.27512.71783.10723.10062.13742.3270
O51.41202.41223.60502.71782.06382.06700.97054.2922
H61.09242.12542.61763.10722.06381.76722.68643.5027
H71.09272.12472.62303.10062.06701.76722.67443.5048
H81.93302.29283.62822.13740.97052.68642.67444.1246
H93.20901.88460.97302.32704.29223.50273.50484.1246

picture of Hydroxyacetic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 112.054 C1 C2 O4 123.795
C1 O5 H8 106.990 C2 C1 O5 111.186
C2 C1 H6 108.387 C2 C1 H7 108.310
C2 O3 H9 107.197 O3 C2 O4 124.151
O5 C1 H6 110.335 O5 C1 H7 110.578
H6 C1 H7 107.945
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability