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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.716237
Energy at 298.15K-323.725617
Nuclear repulsion energy241.266818
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 3392 3384 0.12      
2 A 3236 3228 240.00      
3 A 3034 3026 30.60      
4 A 2997 2990 25.74      
5 A 2995 2987 19.10      
6 A 2947 2940 36.12      
7 A 2903 2895 91.42      
8 A 1786 1782 322.83      
9 A 1496 1492 11.10      
10 A 1476 1472 17.76      
11 A 1466 1463 14.25      
12 A 1451 1448 9.96      
13 A 1434 1430 5.11      
14 A 1394 1390 335.91      
15 A 1312 1309 3.07      
16 A 1259 1256 4.44      
17 A 1160 1157 22.24      
18 A 1135 1133 5.48      
19 A 1104 1102 47.60      
20 A 1079 1076 30.74      
21 A 987 984 31.35      
22 A 925 923 6.51      
23 A 899 897 65.49      
24 A 827 825 20.44      
25 A 764 762 65.06      
26 A 625 624 3.19      
27 A 557 556 7.01      
28 A 457 456 8.75      
29 A 368 367 3.21      
30 A 277 276 3.74      
31 A 203 202 1.91      
32 A 139 139 2.11      
33 A 78 77 5.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23080.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23023.2 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
0.29702 0.06569 0.05637

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 1.211 0.252 -0.328
C2 2.559 -0.068 0.191
C3 0.161 -0.737 0.007
C4 -1.239 -0.069 0.024
O5 -1.177 1.287 0.108
O6 -2.277 -0.692 -0.004
H7 1.259 0.353 -1.346
H8 0.124 -1.617 -0.657
H9 2.946 -1.048 -0.148
H10 3.262 0.713 -0.128
H11 0.349 -1.112 1.025
H12 2.532 -0.070 1.289
H13 -0.202 1.501 0.095

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47901.48122.49622.63883.62861.02422.18772.17552.11112.10642.11281.9326
C21.47902.49583.80123.97454.87972.05653.00721.10651.09842.58241.09883.1771
C31.48122.49581.55112.42842.43862.05551.10312.80633.42551.10132.77662.2687
C42.49623.80121.55111.36071.21122.88032.17224.30114.57062.14713.97731.8829
O52.63883.97452.42841.36072.26802.98663.27344.74494.48132.98734.12190.9976
O63.62864.87972.43861.21122.26803.92422.65485.23695.71572.85135.01853.0210
H71.02422.05652.05552.88032.98663.92422.37652.49932.37172.93252.95722.3510
H82.18773.00721.10312.17223.27342.65482.37652.92303.94401.77033.46063.2241
H92.17551.10652.80634.30114.74495.23692.49932.92301.78972.85021.78654.0578
H102.11111.09843.42554.57064.48135.71572.37173.94401.78973.62561.77583.5591
H112.10642.58241.10132.14712.98732.85132.93251.77032.85023.62562.43332.8278
H122.11281.09882.77663.97734.12195.01852.95723.46061.78651.77582.43333.3721
H131.93263.17712.26871.88290.99763.02102.35103.22414.05783.55912.82783.3721

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.801 N1 C2 H10 109.090
N1 C2 H12 109.201 N1 C3 C4 110.792
N1 C3 H8 114.885 N1 C3 H11 108.407
C2 N1 C3 114.942 C2 N1 H7 109.124
C3 N1 H7 108.888 C3 C4 O5 112.858
C3 C4 O6 123.494 C4 C3 H8 108.674
C4 C3 H11 106.865 C4 O5 H13 104.910
O5 C4 O6 123.629 H8 C3 H11 106.852
H9 C2 H10 108.525 H9 C2 H12 108.212
H10 C2 H12 107.847
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 -0.536      
2 C -0.473      
3 C -0.386      
4 C 0.383      
5 O -0.449      
6 O -0.295      
7 H 0.310      
8 H 0.217      
9 H 0.192      
10 H 0.211      
11 H 0.233      
12 H 0.216      
13 H 0.375      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.332 -0.281 -0.587 5.371
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.537 -0.527 -0.579
y -0.527 -38.069 -0.621
z -0.579 -0.621 -33.760
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.622 -0.527 -0.579
y -0.527 0.580 -0.621
z -0.579 -0.621 7.042
Polar
3z2-r214.085
x2-y2-5.468
xy-0.527
xz-0.579
yz-0.621


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.066 0.379 0.029
y 0.379 7.236 0.042
z 0.029 0.042 5.501


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