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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-321.929534
Energy at 298.15K-321.939317
Nuclear repulsion energy245.760556
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 HF/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 4056 3668 166.29      
2 A 3768 3408 1.85      
3 A 3270 2957 46.16      
4 A 3242 2932 27.91      
5 A 3233 2924 42.94      
6 A 3202 2896 31.09      
7 A 3151 2850 79.38      
8 A 2048 1852 458.24      
9 A 1668 1508 30.50      
10 A 1643 1486 4.26      
11 A 1634 1478 17.27      
12 A 1621 1466 8.15      
13 A 1597 1444 1.29      
14 A 1547 1399 481.49      
15 A 1493 1350 74.42      
16 A 1414 1279 9.74      
17 A 1337 1209 1.24      
18 A 1297 1173 14.14      
19 A 1263 1142 28.05      
20 A 1228 1110 33.93      
21 A 1100 995 26.81      
22 A 1063 962 11.68      
23 A 962 870 31.88      
24 A 928 839 71.22      
25 A 759 686 124.43      
26 A 715 647 4.77      
27 A 642 581 21.75      
28 A 511 462 14.30      
29 A 396 358 2.76      
30 A 288 260 2.48      
31 A 219 198 2.86      
32 A 131 118 3.10      
33 A 90 81 8.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25756.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23293.8 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.30955 0.06742 0.05794

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.200 0.271 -0.311
C2 2.539 -0.062 0.146
C3 0.180 -0.685 0.074
C4 -1.215 -0.077 0.023
O5 -1.244 1.241 0.115
O6 -2.190 -0.732 -0.058
H7 1.205 0.372 -1.305
H8 0.171 -1.597 -0.513
H9 2.878 -1.041 -0.189
H10 3.236 0.684 -0.213
H11 0.346 -0.973 1.107
H12 2.566 -0.047 1.229
H13 -0.358 1.574 0.146

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.45321.45032.46272.66373.54440.99902.14302.13392.07962.07122.08292.0821
C21.45322.44093.75594.00094.78042.01812.89861.08941.08232.56201.08313.3272
C31.45032.44091.52262.39522.37402.01771.08542.73463.36091.08532.72682.3231
C42.46273.75591.52261.32101.17752.79662.12584.21084.52162.10163.96911.8635
O52.66374.00092.39521.32102.19472.96113.23274.72164.52642.90084.17320.9464
O63.54444.78042.37401.17752.19473.78162.55495.07945.60982.80124.97482.9516
H70.99902.01812.01772.79662.96113.78162.36162.45842.32642.89272.90652.4479
H82.14302.89861.08542.12583.23272.55492.36162.78343.83291.74543.34383.2818
H92.13391.08942.73464.21084.72165.07942.45842.78341.76182.84571.75974.1748
H102.07961.08233.36094.52164.52645.60982.32643.83291.76183.58381.75003.7206
H112.07122.56201.08532.10162.90082.80122.89271.74542.84573.58382.40932.8124
H122.08291.08312.72683.96914.17324.97482.90653.34381.75971.75002.40933.5149
H132.08213.32722.32311.86350.94642.95162.44793.28184.17483.72062.81243.5149

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.351 N1 C2 H10 109.330
N1 C2 H12 109.548 N1 C3 C4 111.849
N1 C3 H8 114.610 N1 C3 H11 108.695
C2 N1 C3 114.422 C2 N1 H7 109.365
C3 N1 H7 109.557 C3 C4 O5 114.590
C3 C4 O6 122.586 C4 C3 H8 108.028
C4 C3 H11 106.175 C4 O5 H13 109.433
O5 C4 O6 122.796 H8 C3 H11 107.050
H9 C2 H10 108.441 H9 C2 H12 108.192
H10 C2 H12 107.827
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.677      
2 C -0.451      
3 C -0.365      
4 C 0.610      
5 O -0.611      
6 O -0.437      
7 H 0.339      
8 H 0.240      
9 H 0.199      
10 H 0.220      
11 H 0.249      
12 H 0.222      
13 H 0.462      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.570 0.050 -0.372 5.582
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.798 -1.189 -0.884
y -1.189 -37.487 -0.616
z -0.884 -0.616 -33.241
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.434 -1.189 -0.884
y -1.189 1.533 -0.616
z -0.884 -0.616 7.901
Polar
3z2-r215.803
x2-y2-7.311
xy-1.189
xz-0.884
yz-0.616


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.419 0.529 0.087
y 0.529 6.138 -0.003
z 0.087 -0.003 5.006


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 197.887
(<r2>)1/2 14.067