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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.878914
Energy at 298.15K-323.888736
HF Energy-323.878914
Nuclear repulsion energy247.220277
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3578 3459 6.97      
2 A 3498 3381 0.97      
3 A 3277 3168 677.25      
4 A 3109 3006 7.67      
5 A 3069 2967 21.40      
6 A 3019 2918 7.09      
7 A 3005 2905 58.45      
8 A 1833 1772 397.00      
9 A 1654 1598 27.90      
10 A 1517 1466 6.03      
11 A 1479 1430 233.19      
12 A 1467 1418 8.04      
13 A 1416 1369 11.47      
14 A 1368 1322 4.78      
15 A 1314 1270 2.92      
16 A 1293 1250 15.85      
17 A 1235 1194 89.55      
18 A 1149 1111 8.17      
19 A 1068 1033 8.13      
20 A 1018 984 6.07      
21 A 977 944 69.05      
22 A 948 916 26.01      
23 A 911 880 17.57      
24 A 858 829 52.91      
25 A 810 783 18.47      
26 A 697 674 9.54      
27 A 574 555 2.41      
28 A 491 475 8.54      
29 A 402 389 11.36      
30 A 323 312 8.09      
31 A 280 270 7.88      
32 A 199 192 4.83      
33 A 86 84 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23960.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9667) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23162.4 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.24011 0.08324 0.06589

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.881 0.578 0.119
C2 1.348 -0.710 -0.358
C3 0.003 -1.003 0.311
C4 -1.079 0.039 0.033
O5 -0.638 1.302 -0.032
O6 -2.236 -0.244 -0.118
H7 2.644 0.905 -0.459
H8 2.227 0.504 1.068
H9 2.027 -1.553 -0.194
H10 1.204 -0.622 -1.436
H11 -0.385 -1.972 0.006
H12 0.144 -1.041 1.396
H13 0.336 1.310 0.079

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47332.46283.01002.62484.20451.01171.01312.15922.07713.41372.69611.7095
C21.47331.53072.57032.84573.62172.07352.06841.09481.09082.17502.15282.3009
C32.46281.53071.52812.41702.40213.34852.79142.15722.15391.08751.09482.3482
C43.01002.57031.52811.33931.20023.85463.49573.49792.79462.12842.12631.9024
O52.62482.84572.41701.33932.22553.33353.17093.90873.01103.28452.85300.9801
O64.20453.62172.40211.20022.22555.02514.67804.45943.70282.53492.93103.0113
H71.01172.07353.34853.85463.33355.02511.63282.54862.31514.20423.67142.4044
H81.01312.06842.79143.49573.17094.67801.63282.42112.92923.75272.61402.2811
H92.15921.09482.15723.49793.90874.45942.54862.42111.75672.45622.51663.3360
H102.07711.09082.15392.79463.01103.70282.31512.92921.75672.53563.05242.6038
H113.41372.17501.08752.12843.28452.53494.20423.75272.45622.53561.75463.3612
H122.69612.15281.09482.12632.85302.93103.67142.61402.51663.05241.75462.7011
H131.70952.30092.34821.90240.98013.01132.40442.28113.33602.60383.36122.7011

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 110.117 N1 C2 H9 113.624
N1 C2 H10 107.262 C2 N1 H7 111.756
C2 N1 H8 111.241 C2 C3 C4 114.348
C2 C3 H11 111.212 C2 C3 H12 109.031
C3 C2 H9 109.375 C3 C2 H10 109.348
C3 C4 O5 114.745 C3 C4 O6 122.945
C4 C3 H11 107.736 C4 C3 H12 107.165
C4 O5 H13 109.231 O5 C4 O6 122.310
H7 N1 H8 107.494 H9 C2 H10 106.982
H11 C3 H12 107.028
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.317      
2 C -0.111      
3 C -0.219      
4 C 0.281      
5 O -0.262      
6 O -0.300      
7 H 0.148      
8 H 0.138      
9 H 0.097      
10 H 0.114      
11 H 0.116      
12 H 0.108      
13 H 0.207      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  6.366 -1.182 0.558 6.499
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.541 1.519 -0.365
y 1.519 -37.539 0.045
z -0.365 0.045 -33.828
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.858 1.519 -0.365
y 1.519 -0.854 0.045
z -0.365 0.045 4.712
Polar
3z2-r29.423
x2-y2-2.003
xy1.519
xz-0.365
yz0.045


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.985 0.366 0.100
y 0.366 7.420 -0.008
z 0.100 -0.008 6.001


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 172.637
(<r2>)1/2 13.139