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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G*

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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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.945874
Energy at 298.15K-207.949280
HF Energy-207.945874
Nuclear repulsion energy102.592673
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
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 3847 3672 28.64 62.04 0.30 0.47
2 A 3141 2998 5.37 81.32 0.38 0.55
3 A 3046 2907 29.29 111.80 0.16 0.28
4 A 2387 2278 0.43 59.83 0.24 0.38
5 A 1502 1434 5.10 11.81 0.67 0.81
6 A 1437 1372 49.25 7.20 0.72 0.84
7 A 1394 1330 1.39 5.84 0.75 0.86
8 A 1244 1187 23.73 3.30 0.64 0.78
9 A 1115 1064 105.96 5.63 0.33 0.49
10 A 998 953 23.10 0.56 0.51 0.67
11 A 913 872 16.85 1.82 0.12 0.22
12 A 595 568 2.32 2.02 0.28 0.43
13 A 405 386 74.68 1.17 0.73 0.84
14 A 317 303 102.85 4.63 0.75 0.86
15 A 218 208 9.86 4.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11280.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10766.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
ABC
1.13665 0.16237 0.14736

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.568 0.585 0.038
C2 0.823 0.115 -0.007
O3 -1.501 -0.450 -0.110
H4 -0.706 1.149 0.968
H5 -0.731 1.275 -0.790
H6 -1.404 -1.067 0.618
N7 1.904 -0.280 -0.014

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46881.40101.09691.09021.94022.6190
C21.46882.39432.08782.09152.59781.1506
O31.40102.39432.08612.00720.96003.4105
H41.09692.08782.08611.76282.35003.1337
H51.09022.09152.00721.76282.81443.1563
H61.94022.59780.96002.35002.81443.4583
N72.61901.15063.41053.13373.15633.4583

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.012 C1 O3 H6 109.093
C2 C1 O3 113.060 C2 C1 H4 108.045
C2 C1 H5 108.731 O3 C1 H4 112.693
O3 C1 H5 106.690 H4 C1 H5 107.411
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.229      
2 C 0.115      
3 O -0.537      
4 H 0.250      
5 H 0.271      
6 H 0.406      
7 N -0.276      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.377 1.108 1.443 2.993
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.826 1.272 -2.116
y 1.272 -20.430 -1.859
z -2.116 -1.859 -21.654
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.784 1.272 -2.116
y 1.272 6.310 -1.859
z -2.116 -1.859 4.474
Polar
3z2-r28.948
x2-y2-11.396
xy1.272
xz-2.116
yz-1.859


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.402 -0.455 -0.037
y -0.455 3.641 -0.126
z -0.037 -0.126 3.101


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.225
(<r2>)1/2 8.844