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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(NH2)COOH (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-323.651247
Energy at 298.15K-323.660806
Nuclear repulsion energy250.217503
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 3582 3457 8.43      
2 A 3493 3371 0.50      
3 A 3381 3263 332.75      
4 A 3162 3052 4.39      
5 A 3128 3018 22.57      
6 A 3048 2942 21.82      
7 A 3045 2939 6.68      
8 A 1880 1814 299.35      
9 A 1637 1580 31.06      
10 A 1471 1419 130.56      
11 A 1460 1408 291.26      
12 A 1458 1407 3.86      
13 A 1388 1339 14.81      
14 A 1374 1326 1.84      
15 A 1312 1266 6.57      
16 A 1246 1202 16.53      
17 A 1214 1171 8.08      
18 A 1158 1117 10.47      
19 A 1105 1066 41.26      
20 A 1011 976 1.74      
21 A 940 907 49.37      
22 A 915 883 43.80      
23 A 883 852 98.37      
24 A 811 783 7.81      
25 A 741 715 6.14      
26 A 568 548 3.77      
27 A 535 516 0.64      
28 A 408 394 5.18      
29 A 369 356 18.89      
30 A 313 302 13.85      
31 A 274 265 13.23      
32 A 225 217 0.27      
33 A 83 80 1.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23808.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22975.4 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 B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.16199 0.11600 0.07204

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 1.058 1.352 -0.037
C2 1.467 -1.150 -0.192
C3 0.644 0.001 0.370
C4 -0.855 -0.166 0.051
O5 -1.481 0.998 -0.145
O6 -1.411 -1.236 0.019
H7 1.409 1.334 -0.997
H8 1.827 1.691 0.539
H9 1.029 -2.109 0.115
H10 1.470 -1.126 -1.295
H11 0.693 -0.028 1.474
H12 2.508 -1.101 0.160
H13 -0.746 1.662 -0.098

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N12.53901.46982.44392.56613.57681.02231.01923.46392.80842.07872.85581.8319
C22.53901.52272.53373.64732.88642.61162.95571.09851.10282.15231.10073.5793
C31.46981.52271.54192.40282.42402.05712.06982.16032.17361.10512.17622.2156
C42.44392.53371.54191.33561.20602.91163.29892.70732.85312.10703.49311.8373
O52.56613.64732.40281.33562.24073.03173.44854.00223.81292.89824.51800.9919
O63.57682.88642.42401.20602.24073.94814.39572.59273.16772.82853.92402.9755
H71.02232.61162.05712.91163.03173.94811.63203.63832.47842.91142.91152.3581
H81.01922.95572.06983.29893.44854.39571.63203.90643.38042.26222.89902.6509
H93.46391.09852.16032.70734.00222.59273.63833.90641.77482.50741.79124.1733
H102.80841.10282.17362.85313.81293.16772.47843.38041.77483.07781.78763.7569
H112.07872.15231.10512.10702.89822.82852.91142.26222.50743.07782.48462.7200
H122.85581.10072.17623.49314.51803.92402.91152.89901.79121.78762.48464.2769
H131.83193.57932.21561.83730.99192.97552.35812.65094.17333.75692.72004.2769

picture of Alanine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C3 C2 116.077 N1 C3 C4 108.450
N1 C3 H11 106.807 C2 C3 C4 111.537
C2 C3 H11 108.940 C3 N1 H7 109.966
C3 N1 H8 111.232 C3 C2 H9 109.950
C3 C2 H10 110.755 C3 C2 H12 111.080
C3 C4 O5 113.039 C3 C4 O6 123.337
C4 C3 H11 104.277 C4 O5 H13 103.266
O5 C4 O6 123.597 H7 N1 H8 106.153
H9 C2 H10 107.460 H9 C2 H12 109.063
H10 C2 H12 108.438
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 -0.215      
2 C -0.034      
3 C -0.153      
4 C 0.215      
5 O -0.171      
6 O -0.249      
7 H 0.108      
8 H 0.109      
9 H 0.072      
10 H 0.046      
11 H 0.077      
12 H 0.036      
13 H 0.158      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.793 2.185 0.268 5.275
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.363 -0.020 -0.373
y -0.020 -36.861 -0.170
z -0.373 -0.170 -33.234
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.315 -0.020 -0.373
y -0.020 -1.063 -0.170
z -0.373 -0.170 4.378
Polar
3z2-r28.756
x2-y2-1.501
xy-0.020
xz-0.373
yz-0.170


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.066 0.192 0.085
y 0.192 7.466 -0.057
z 0.085 -0.057 5.305


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.223
(<r2>)1/2 12.737