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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.767280
Energy at 298.15K-323.777149
Nuclear repulsion energy246.690475
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/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 3545 3439 5.04      
2 A 3466 3362 0.47      
3 A 3227 3130 741.16      
4 A 3119 3025 7.77      
5 A 3072 2980 23.67      
6 A 3021 2930 8.79      
7 A 3001 2911 68.56      
8 A 1854 1798 373.08      
9 A 1633 1584 22.55      
10 A 1505 1460 221.58      
11 A 1486 1441 16.68      
12 A 1436 1393 7.93      
13 A 1408 1366 13.91      
14 A 1357 1316 13.26      
15 A 1306 1267 3.51      
16 A 1287 1248 23.58      
17 A 1243 1206 68.37      
18 A 1140 1106 6.73      
19 A 1078 1045 5.99      
20 A 1024 993 7.20      
21 A 991 962 80.94      
22 A 954 926 10.46      
23 A 917 889 20.18      
24 A 866 840 40.35      
25 A 813 789 16.94      
26 A 696 675 9.60      
27 A 576 559 2.52      
28 A 492 477 9.10      
29 A 407 395 12.12      
30 A 330 320 7.54      
31 A 291 282 9.15      
32 A 207 201 3.80      
33 A 92 89 0.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23919.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23201.4 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.23864 0.08331 0.06589

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.906 0.584 0.138
C2 1.369 -0.698 -0.363
C3 0.016 -0.996 0.294
C4 -1.088 0.037 0.024
O5 -0.685 1.317 -0.048
O6 -2.249 -0.275 -0.093
H7 2.699 0.892 -0.428
H8 2.264 0.470 1.090
H9 2.057 -1.549 -0.199
H10 1.237 -0.597 -1.453
H11 -0.369 -1.972 -0.033
H12 0.147 -1.061 1.391
H13 0.306 1.341 0.059

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47722.46853.04602.69934.24941.02131.02322.16402.09123.42572.71541.7718
C21.47721.53362.59332.89393.65232.07362.06781.10611.10262.17972.16882.3372
C32.46851.53361.53492.44032.40753.35902.79892.17132.16901.09901.10672.3659
C43.04602.59331.53491.34431.20783.90823.54343.52852.82682.13382.14441.9095
O52.69932.89392.44031.34432.23243.43083.27193.96833.05433.30362.90180.9972
O64.24943.65232.40751.20782.23245.09424.72394.49093.75582.53282.92553.0272
H71.02132.07363.35903.90823.43085.09421.63482.53412.32444.21493.69302.4821
H81.02322.06782.79893.54343.27194.72391.63482.40432.94273.76192.63002.3771
H92.16401.10612.17133.52853.96834.49092.53412.40431.77442.46762.53283.3878
H102.09121.10262.16902.82683.05433.75582.32442.94271.77442.54683.08152.6283
H113.42572.17971.09902.13383.30362.53284.21493.76192.46762.54681.76713.3817
H122.71542.16881.10672.14442.90182.92553.69302.63002.53283.08151.76712.7513
H131.77182.33722.36591.90950.99723.02722.48212.37713.38782.62833.38172.7513

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 110.127 N1 C2 H9 113.010
N1 C2 H10 107.418 C2 N1 H7 110.866
C2 N1 H8 110.259 C2 C3 C4 115.373
C2 C3 H11 110.699 C2 C3 H12 109.384
C3 C2 H9 109.624 C3 C2 H10 109.644
C3 C4 O5 115.738 C3 C4 O6 122.306
C4 C3 H11 107.057 C4 C3 H12 107.428
C4 O5 H13 108.361 O5 C4 O6 121.945
H7 N1 H8 106.185 H9 C2 H10 106.910
H11 C3 H12 106.483
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.187      
2 C 0.024      
3 C -0.025      
4 C 0.138      
5 O -0.176      
6 O -0.234      
7 H 0.095      
8 H 0.094      
9 H 0.020      
10 H 0.040      
11 H 0.033      
12 H 0.038      
13 H 0.140      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  6.316 -1.079 0.587 6.435
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.215 1.668 -0.234
y 1.668 -37.102 0.100
z -0.234 0.100 -33.473
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.928 1.668 -0.234
y 1.668 -1.258 0.100
z -0.234 0.100 4.186
Polar
3z2-r28.373
x2-y2-1.113
xy1.668
xz-0.234
yz0.100


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.187 0.427 0.102
y 0.427 6.656 -0.010
z 0.102 -0.010 5.380


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