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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.691902
Energy at 298.15K-323.701749
Nuclear repulsion energy248.402106
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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 3620 3470 4.42      
2 A 3536 3390 0.63      
3 A 3283 3147 586.09      
4 A 3144 3014 9.16      
5 A 3101 2973 25.27      
6 A 3047 2921 8.79      
7 A 3030 2905 68.55      
8 A 1879 1801 402.44      
9 A 1702 1632 44.46      
10 A 1522 1459 26.67      
11 A 1496 1434 287.01      
12 A 1470 1409 7.96      
13 A 1425 1366 7.36      
14 A 1373 1316 7.41      
15 A 1325 1270 5.17      
16 A 1304 1250 13.78      
17 A 1256 1204 73.68      
18 A 1157 1110 8.58      
19 A 1094 1049 6.45      
20 A 1030 987 9.63      
21 A 994 953 91.01      
22 A 961 921 37.83      
23 A 918 880 19.87      
24 A 876 840 43.45      
25 A 818 785 25.57      
26 A 699 670 10.76      
27 A 580 556 2.67      
28 A 485 465 8.91      
29 A 409 392 15.29      
30 A 332 318 6.01      
31 A 291 279 6.07      
32 A 198 190 3.85      
33 A 85 82 0.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24219.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23216.9 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.24315 0.08408 0.06678

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.908 0.564 0.152
C2 1.351 -0.686 -0.376
C3 0.015 -0.986 0.293
C4 -1.084 0.038 0.026
O5 -0.676 1.306 -0.056
O6 -2.237 -0.272 -0.084
H7 2.678 0.895 -0.414
H8 2.258 0.433 1.094
H9 2.027 -1.539 -0.253
H10 1.201 -0.548 -1.449
H11 -0.368 -1.954 -0.025
H12 0.155 -1.048 1.378
H13 0.304 1.345 0.062

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.46702.45073.04092.69704.23491.01141.01292.14572.07403.39902.67841.7863
C21.46701.52382.57212.86033.62342.06422.05761.09551.09212.16472.15352.3262
C32.45071.52381.52502.41882.39183.33582.77232.15722.15141.08881.09642.3592
C43.04092.57211.52501.33491.19843.88393.53073.49922.78182.11762.13101.9068
O52.69702.86032.41881.33492.21923.39893.27033.92992.98353.27522.87870.9880
O64.23493.62342.39181.19842.21925.06234.69964.45133.70842.51552.90873.0147
H71.01142.06423.33583.88393.39895.06231.63162.52472.31014.18873.65372.4632
H81.01292.05762.77233.53073.27034.69961.63162.39972.92313.72082.58752.3906
H92.14571.09552.15723.49923.92994.45132.52472.39971.75902.44102.53153.3743
H102.07401.09212.15142.78182.98353.70842.31012.92311.75902.54233.05502.5822
H113.39902.16471.08882.11763.27522.51554.18873.72082.44102.54231.75043.3677
H122.67842.15351.09642.13102.87872.90873.65372.58752.53153.05501.75042.7345
H131.78632.32622.35921.90680.98803.01472.46322.39063.37432.58223.36772.7345

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 110.037 N1 C2 H9 112.922
N1 C2 H10 107.370 C2 N1 H7 111.472
C2 N1 H8 110.814 C2 C3 C4 115.057
C2 C3 H11 110.802 C2 C3 H12 109.464
C3 C2 H9 109.811 C3 C2 H10 109.552
C3 C4 O5 115.349 C3 C4 O6 122.403
C4 C3 H11 107.037 C4 C3 H12 107.637
C4 O5 H13 109.437 O5 C4 O6 122.241
H7 N1 H8 107.426 H9 C2 H10 107.038
H11 C3 H12 106.445
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.809      
2 C -0.338      
3 C -0.587      
4 C 0.465      
5 O -0.499      
6 O -0.336      
7 H 0.355      
8 H 0.345      
9 H 0.229      
10 H 0.252      
11 H 0.259      
12 H 0.244      
13 H 0.420      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  6.506 -1.300 0.578 6.660
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.684 1.747 -0.279
y 1.747 -37.414 0.051
z -0.279 0.051 -33.473
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.241 1.747 -0.279
y 1.747 -1.335 0.051
z -0.279 0.051 4.576
Polar
3z2-r29.152
x2-y2-1.270
xy1.747
xz-0.279
yz0.051


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.197 0.431 0.092
y 0.431 6.689 -0.025
z 0.092 -0.025 5.456


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 170.612
(<r2>)1/2 13.062