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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVDZ

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 B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.887131
Energy at 298.15K-207.890507
HF Energy-207.887131
Nuclear repulsion energy102.051197
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 B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
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 3803 3670 46.41      
2 A 3111 3002 4.03      
3 A 3013 2908 27.01      
4 A 2365 2282 0.62      
5 A 1455 1404 4.16      
6 A 1408 1359 45.85      
7 A 1362 1314 2.03      
8 A 1217 1175 13.39      
9 A 1110 1071 105.50      
10 A 979 944 16.31      
11 A 908 876 14.60      
12 A 586 566 2.23      
13 A 397 383 57.54      
14 A 311 301 82.55      
15 A 214 206 7.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11119.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10730.7 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 B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.12766 0.16073 0.14593

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.574 0.584 0.038
C2 0.823 0.117 -0.006
O3 -1.509 -0.452 -0.111
H4 -0.707 1.163 0.973
H5 -0.732 1.282 -0.798
H6 -1.388 -1.070 0.624
N7 1.915 -0.280 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47431.40351.10741.10071.93472.6355
C21.47432.40282.09612.09862.58771.1616
O31.40352.40282.10402.02070.96773.4297
H41.10742.09612.10401.77562.36083.1515
H51.10072.09862.02071.77562.82603.1715
H61.93472.58770.96772.36082.82603.4563
N72.63551.16163.42973.15153.17153.4563

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.082 C1 O3 H6 107.941
C2 C1 O3 113.200 C2 C1 H4 107.722
C2 C1 H5 108.301 O3 C1 H4 113.317
O3 C1 H5 106.977 H4 C1 H5 107.052
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.157      
2 C -0.107      
3 O -0.255      
4 H 0.078      
5 H 0.098      
6 H 0.162      
7 N -0.133      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.413 1.040 1.268 2.917
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.913 1.154 -1.819
y 1.154 -20.321 -1.694
z -1.819 -1.694 -21.507
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.999 1.154 -1.819
y 1.154 5.889 -1.694
z -1.819 -1.694 4.110
Polar
3z2-r28.221
x2-y2-10.592
xy1.154
xz-1.819
yz-1.694


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.360 -0.447 -0.040
y -0.447 3.625 -0.128
z -0.040 -0.128 3.086


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.576
(<r2>)1/2 8.864