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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.651211
Energy at 298.15K-323.661115
Nuclear repulsion energy247.553636
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3579 3454 8.60      
2 A 3495 3372 1.62      
3 A 3183 3072 821.91      
4 A 3138 3029 5.60      
5 A 3090 2982 20.46      
6 A 3040 2934 6.76      
7 A 3016 2911 73.13      
8 A 1870 1804 393.54      
9 A 1632 1575 25.00      
10 A 1516 1463 239.42      
11 A 1485 1433 8.23      
12 A 1432 1382 9.30      
13 A 1408 1359 12.53      
14 A 1359 1311 20.19      
15 A 1307 1261 8.04      
16 A 1290 1245 25.99      
17 A 1253 1209 51.03      
18 A 1141 1101 6.88      
19 A 1093 1055 5.54      
20 A 1026 990 11.72      
21 A 1014 978 83.06      
22 A 964 931 3.75      
23 A 921 888 23.73      
24 A 873 843 33.55      
25 A 818 789 21.50      
26 A 698 674 9.73      
27 A 580 560 2.28      
28 A 493 475 9.31      
29 A 411 397 12.70      
30 A 334 322 7.40      
31 A 296 286 10.76      
32 A 208 201 3.86      
33 A 93 90 0.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24027.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23186.5 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
0.24055 0.08403 0.06642

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)
N1 1.894 0.582 0.143
C2 1.366 -0.695 -0.360
C3 0.013 -0.996 0.285
C4 -1.083 0.039 0.023
O5 -0.673 1.311 -0.054
O6 -2.245 -0.268 -0.085
H7 2.687 0.894 -0.417
H8 2.243 0.470 1.097
H9 2.054 -1.545 -0.195
H10 1.240 -0.595 -1.450
H11 -0.372 -1.967 -0.054
H12 0.135 -1.076 1.382
H13 0.321 1.321 0.053

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47062.45873.02812.67534.23111.02001.02192.15922.08603.41622.71521.7401
C21.47061.52822.58472.87613.64612.06792.06191.10581.10242.17532.16592.3079
C32.45871.52821.52992.43002.40103.34882.78932.16762.16271.09861.10612.3484
C43.02812.58471.52991.33831.20673.89053.52123.52102.82252.12942.13811.9013
O52.67532.87612.43001.33832.22813.40473.24513.95093.03933.29132.89950.9997
O64.23113.64612.40101.20672.22815.07784.69894.48613.75692.52852.90973.0211
H71.02002.06793.34883.89053.40475.07781.63382.52962.31954.20473.69132.4495
H81.02192.06192.78933.52123.24514.69891.63382.40172.93793.75582.62912.3463
H92.15921.10582.16763.52103.95094.48612.52962.40171.77232.46732.52783.3581
H102.08601.10242.16272.82253.03933.75692.31952.93791.77232.53633.07752.6026
H113.41622.17531.09862.12943.29132.52854.20473.75582.46732.53631.76443.3618
H122.71522.16591.10612.13812.89952.90973.69132.62912.52783.07751.76442.7461
H131.74012.30792.34841.90130.99973.02112.44952.34633.35812.60263.36182.7461

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 110.132 N1 C2 H9 113.112
N1 C2 H10 107.470 C2 N1 H7 110.959
C2 N1 H8 110.342 C2 C3 C4 115.388
C2 C3 H11 110.749 C2 C3 H12 109.566
C3 C2 H9 109.716 C3 C2 H10 109.533
C3 C4 O5 115.657 C3 C4 O6 122.215
C4 C3 H11 107.072 C4 C3 H12 107.315
C4 O5 H13 107.944 O5 C4 O6 122.116
H7 N1 H8 106.287 H9 C2 H10 106.755
H11 C3 H12 106.310
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 N -0.227      
2 C -0.025      
3 C -0.093      
4 C 0.166      
5 O -0.193      
6 O -0.251      
7 H 0.112      
8 H 0.111      
9 H 0.046      
10 H 0.068      
11 H 0.063      
12 H 0.066      
13 H 0.157      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  6.416 -1.113 0.588 6.538
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.945 1.719 -0.173
y 1.719 -36.820 0.114
z -0.173 0.114 -33.198
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.936 1.719 -0.173
y 1.719 -1.249 0.114
z -0.173 0.114 4.184
Polar
3z2-r28.369
x2-y2-1.125
xy1.719
xz-0.173
yz0.114


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.131 0.410 0.088
y 0.410 6.592 -0.013
z 0.088 -0.013 5.333


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000