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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.730176
Energy at 298.15K-323.739767
Nuclear repulsion energy244.965674
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 3565 3402 1.98      
2 A 3491 3332 261.49      
3 A 3149 3006 26.47      
4 A 3111 2969 1.39      
5 A 3108 2966 41.33      
6 A 3062 2922 24.72      
7 A 3017 2879 75.85      
8 A 1906 1819 380.31      
9 A 1543 1473 18.50      
10 A 1520 1451 20.89      
11 A 1516 1447 18.12      
12 A 1495 1427 25.31      
13 A 1476 1409 29.45      
14 A 1457 1391 383.77      
15 A 1361 1299 5.06      
16 A 1308 1248 5.47      
17 A 1245 1188 14.97      
18 A 1199 1144 25.05      
19 A 1174 1120 28.55      
20 A 1150 1098 13.31      
21 A 1022 975 25.13      
22 A 995 949 22.89      
23 A 928 885 64.45      
24 A 897 856 18.14      
25 A 790 754 79.90      
26 A 660 630 3.55      
27 A 587 560 9.17      
28 A 482 460 10.16      
29 A 384 367 4.04      
30 A 289 276 4.15      
31 A 209 199 2.01      
32 A 141 135 2.41      
33 A 79 75 6.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24156.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23054.9 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.30608 0.06780 0.05824

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)
N1 1.193 0.245 -0.330
C2 2.515 -0.067 0.191
C3 0.160 -0.723 0.006
C4 -1.219 -0.064 0.024
O5 -1.157 1.265 0.108
O6 -2.242 -0.682 -0.004
H7 1.240 0.350 -1.336
H8 0.119 -1.602 -0.645
H9 2.899 -1.042 -0.137
H10 3.219 0.704 -0.123
H11 0.342 -1.090 1.020
H12 2.484 -0.063 1.281
H13 -0.202 1.484 0.093

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.45491.45562.45692.59843.57291.01252.16012.14612.08782.08122.08781.9129
C21.45492.45223.73743.90684.80072.03202.96581.09801.09052.54151.09133.1302
C31.45562.45221.52792.38662.40192.02991.09482.76173.37871.09392.73252.2386
C42.45693.73741.52791.33291.19602.84042.14614.23544.50612.11673.91041.8534
O52.59843.90682.38661.33292.23202.94433.22774.67244.41752.93684.04900.9797
O63.57294.80072.40191.19602.23203.86892.61445.15545.63562.80894.93672.9774
H71.01252.03202.02992.84042.94433.86892.35482.47512.34772.90402.92712.3257
H82.16012.96581.09482.14613.22772.61442.35482.88083.89901.75653.41683.1900
H92.14611.09802.76174.23544.67245.15542.47512.88081.77582.80741.77284.0065
H102.08781.09053.37874.50614.41755.63562.34773.89901.77583.57881.76123.5153
H112.08122.54151.09392.11672.93682.80892.90401.75652.80743.57882.39042.7900
H122.08781.09132.73253.91044.04904.93672.92713.41681.77281.76122.39043.3198
H131.91293.13022.23861.85340.97972.97742.32573.19004.00653.51532.79003.3198

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.683 N1 C2 H10 109.378
N1 C2 H12 109.331 N1 C3 C4 110.852
N1 C3 H8 115.033 N1 C3 H11 108.609
C2 N1 C3 114.820 C2 N1 H7 109.571
C3 N1 H7 109.347 C3 C4 O5 112.894
C3 C4 O6 123.262 C4 C3 H8 108.697
C4 C3 H11 106.499 C4 O5 H13 105.514
O5 C4 O6 123.823 H8 C3 H11 106.737
H9 C2 H10 108.469 H9 C2 H12 108.147
H10 C2 H12 107.657
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 N -0.615      
2 C -0.525      
3 C -0.436      
4 C 0.462      
5 O -0.500      
6 O -0.347      
7 H 0.340      
8 H 0.248      
9 H 0.217      
10 H 0.234      
11 H 0.263      
12 H 0.240      
13 H 0.419      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.518 -0.252 -0.595 5.556
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.329 -0.609 -0.571
y -0.609 -37.413 -0.614
z -0.571 -0.614 -33.100
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.072 -0.609 -0.571
y -0.609 0.801 -0.614
z -0.571 -0.614 7.271
Polar
3z2-r214.542
x2-y2-5.916
xy-0.609
xz-0.571
yz-0.614


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.315 0.426 0.041
y 0.426 6.723 0.021
z 0.041 0.021 5.242


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 197.603
(<r2>)1/2 14.057