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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

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

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.952381
Energy at 298.15K-207.955726
HF Energy-207.952381
Nuclear repulsion energy102.492432
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-pVTZ
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 3842 3695 48.33      
2 A 3099 2980 2.86      
3 A 3018 2902 22.09      
4 A 2360 2269 0.58      
5 A 1479 1422 4.75      
6 A 1410 1356 41.18      
7 A 1368 1315 2.39      
8 A 1224 1177 15.56      
9 A 1092 1050 102.37      
10 A 985 947 22.18      
11 A 902 868 13.39      
12 A 588 565 1.33      
13 A 380 366 30.55      
14 A 295 283 105.95      
15 A 214 206 11.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11127.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10700.3 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-pVTZ
ABC
1.13739 0.16194 0.14698

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.566 0.586 0.038
C2 0.823 0.112 -0.006
O3 -1.507 -0.448 -0.109
H4 -0.702 1.151 0.968
H5 -0.723 1.278 -0.791
H6 -1.393 -1.078 0.608
N7 1.905 -0.280 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46861.40511.09671.09111.94292.6190
C21.46862.39862.08672.08922.58921.1507
O31.40512.39862.08942.01410.96133.4177
H41.09672.08672.08941.76332.36143.1319
H51.09112.08922.01411.76332.82023.1517
H61.94292.58920.96132.36142.82023.4504
N72.61901.15073.41773.13193.15173.4504

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.336 C1 O3 H6 108.933
C2 C1 O3 113.141 C2 C1 H4 107.986
C2 C1 H5 108.507 O3 C1 H4 112.679
O3 C1 H5 106.900 H4 C1 H5 107.406
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.066      
2 C -0.113      
3 O -0.305      
4 H 0.088      
5 H 0.112      
6 H 0.208      
7 N -0.056      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.504 1.124 1.252 3.017
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.616 1.229 -1.811
y 1.229 -20.511 -1.715
z -1.811 -1.715 -21.758
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.482 1.229 -1.811
y 1.229 6.176 -1.715
z -1.811 -1.715 4.306
Polar
3z2-r28.612
x2-y2-11.105
xy1.229
xz-1.811
yz-1.715


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.925 -0.416 -0.034
y -0.416 4.105 -0.094
z -0.034 -0.094 3.571


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.344
(<r2>)1/2 8.851