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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.727551
Energy at 298.15K-323.737252
Nuclear repulsion energy244.717334
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 BLYP/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 3466 3457 0.99      
2 A 3388 3379 0.31      
3 A 3032 3025 16.32      
4 A 3015 3007 561.19      
5 A 2999 2991 31.52      
6 A 2942 2934 15.50      
7 A 2926 2918 96.88      
8 A 1766 1762 349.45      
9 A 1660 1656 33.75      
10 A 1488 1484 15.71      
11 A 1464 1461 205.51      
12 A 1444 1440 4.99      
13 A 1382 1379 10.03      
14 A 1328 1325 5.22      
15 A 1288 1285 1.87      
16 A 1256 1253 6.27      
17 A 1172 1169 102.89      
18 A 1123 1120 21.95      
19 A 1027 1024 10.66      
20 A 999 996 20.16      
21 A 976 974 78.13      
22 A 923 920 2.14      
23 A 889 887 29.19      
24 A 830 828 51.71      
25 A 776 774 12.04      
26 A 670 668 9.89      
27 A 551 549 2.19      
28 A 478 476 8.46      
29 A 399 398 11.99      
30 A 328 327 6.47      
31 A 288 287 6.65      
32 A 197 197 3.99      
33 A 86 86 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23276.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23218.0 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.23402 0.08204 0.06473

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.922 0.590 0.136
C2 1.382 -0.712 -0.360
C3 0.014 -1.008 0.295
C4 -1.100 0.036 0.023
O5 -0.686 1.330 -0.045
O6 -2.268 -0.275 -0.096
H7 2.691 0.917 -0.452
H8 2.290 0.489 1.087
H9 2.072 -1.554 -0.183
H10 1.258 -0.616 -1.449
H11 -0.367 -1.981 -0.040
H12 0.140 -1.084 1.391
H13 0.316 1.359 0.061

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.49382.49353.07492.71704.28441.02251.02412.17292.09923.44642.74751.7828
C21.49381.54532.62022.92273.68502.09202.08791.10401.09992.18422.17812.3669
C32.49351.54531.55052.46392.42823.38112.83652.18302.17811.09761.10512.3977
C43.07492.62021.55051.36101.21393.92163.58183.55492.85562.14662.15921.9389
O52.71702.92272.46391.36102.25423.42643.29273.99343.08823.32632.92771.0077
O64.28443.68502.42821.21392.25425.11274.77004.52583.79212.55472.94323.0612
H71.02252.09203.38113.92163.42645.11271.64732.56202.32314.23333.72942.4701
H81.02412.08792.83653.58183.29274.77001.64732.41572.95193.79842.68082.3887
H92.17291.10402.18303.55493.99344.52582.56202.41571.77352.48052.53603.4111
H102.09921.09992.17812.85563.08823.79212.32312.95191.77352.54733.08722.6589
H113.44642.18421.09762.14663.32632.55474.23333.79842.48052.54731.76303.4108
H122.74752.17811.10512.15922.92772.94323.72942.68082.53603.08721.76302.7872
H131.78282.36692.39771.93891.00773.06122.47012.38873.41112.65893.41082.7872

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 110.255 N1 C2 H9 112.669
N1 C2 H10 107.081 C2 N1 H7 111.097
C2 N1 H8 110.653 C2 C3 C4 115.641
C2 C3 H11 110.327 C2 C3 H12 109.410
C3 C2 H9 109.857 C3 C2 H10 109.706
C3 C4 O5 115.461 C3 C4 O6 122.428
C4 C3 H11 107.076 C4 C3 H12 107.615
C4 O5 H13 108.974 O5 C4 O6 122.097
H7 N1 H8 107.206 H9 C2 H10 107.162
H11 C3 H12 106.336
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.750      
2 C -0.283      
3 C -0.506      
4 C 0.393      
5 O -0.459      
6 O -0.298      
7 H 0.332      
8 H 0.323      
9 H 0.205      
10 H 0.222      
11 H 0.227      
12 H 0.214      
13 H 0.379      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  6.448 -1.251 0.555 6.591
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.931 1.872 -0.305
y 1.872 -38.072 0.077
z -0.305 0.077 -34.068
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.861 1.872 -0.305
y 1.872 -1.573 0.077
z -0.305 0.077 4.433
Polar
3z2-r28.867
x2-y2-0.859
xy1.872
xz-0.305
yz0.077


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.770 0.441 0.105
y 0.441 7.169 -0.028
z 0.105 -0.028 5.678


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