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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-321.867806
Energy at 298.15K-321.877600
Nuclear repulsion energy248.009782
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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 3521 3344 5.92      
2 A 3170 3010 12.15      
3 A 3146 2987 4.69      
4 A 3132 2974 15.75      
5 A 3087 2932 13.32      
6 A 3046 2893 29.82      
7 A 2851 2707 378.61      
8 A 1855 1761 348.54      
9 A 1584 1504 18.69      
10 A 1568 1489 31.78      
11 A 1526 1449 102.21      
12 A 1502 1426 19.14      
13 A 1495 1420 12.23      
14 A 1458 1385 283.74      
15 A 1355 1287 7.22      
16 A 1303 1238 7.57      
17 A 1199 1139 19.15      
18 A 1189 1130 25.42      
19 A 1155 1097 53.79      
20 A 1125 1068 22.77      
21 A 1098 1042 102.64      
22 A 1010 959 5.25      
23 A 931 884 6.85      
24 A 860 816 42.58      
25 A 765 727 35.86      
26 A 664 630 9.27      
27 A 571 542 4.43      
28 A 510 485 4.48      
29 A 392 372 44.14      
30 A 378 359 3.36      
31 A 242 230 0.83      
32 A 151 144 1.79      
33 A 101 96 5.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23970.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22761.9 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.23353 0.07966 0.07156

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.268 -0.126 -0.565
C2 2.005 0.181 0.684
C3 0.072 -0.960 -0.332
C4 -1.093 -0.003 0.017
O5 -0.768 1.269 -0.308
O6 -2.156 -0.362 0.495
H7 1.878 -0.497 -1.294
H8 -0.191 -1.487 -1.255
H9 2.336 -0.720 1.217
H10 2.872 0.802 0.449
H11 0.187 -1.696 0.472
H12 1.335 0.752 1.333
H13 0.196 1.164 -0.677

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.48181.47742.43542.48193.59231.02002.11152.16042.11182.16972.09191.6809
C21.48182.46443.17463.13984.20062.09443.37111.09821.09222.62171.09342.4674
C31.47742.46441.54772.38252.45022.09841.09462.75403.39981.09552.70192.1554
C42.43543.17461.54771.35271.21923.28482.15293.70304.06912.17062.86331.8722
O52.48193.13982.38251.35272.28713.33032.97083.98963.74703.21112.71741.0378
O63.59234.20062.45021.21922.28714.41472.86164.56365.16132.69623.75933.0385
H71.02002.09442.09843.28483.33034.41472.29402.56222.38972.72292.95852.4423
H82.11153.37111.09462.15292.97082.86162.29403.61724.18621.77993.74682.7404
H92.16041.09822.75403.70303.98964.56362.56223.61721.78792.47491.78343.4223
H102.11181.09223.39984.06913.74705.16132.38974.18621.78793.66751.77382.9250
H112.16972.62171.09552.17063.21112.69622.72291.77992.47493.66752.83743.0815
H122.09191.09342.70192.86332.71743.75932.95853.74681.78341.77382.83742.3463
H131.68092.46742.15541.87221.03783.03852.44232.74043.42232.92503.08152.3463

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 112.879 N1 C2 H10 109.322
N1 C2 H12 107.687 N1 C3 C4 107.214
N1 C3 H8 109.458 N1 C3 H11 114.158
C2 N1 C3 112.774 C2 N1 H7 112.367
C3 N1 H7 113.051 C3 C4 O5 110.280
C3 C4 O6 124.215 C4 C3 H8 107.900
C4 C3 H11 109.215 C4 O5 H13 102.307
O5 C4 O6 125.493 H8 C3 H11 108.719
H9 C2 H10 109.421 H9 C2 H12 108.929
H10 C2 H12 108.499
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.660      
2 C -0.483      
3 C -0.401      
4 C 0.678      
5 O -0.596      
6 O -0.498      
7 H 0.325      
8 H 0.273      
9 H 0.218      
10 H 0.239      
11 H 0.253      
12 H 0.251      
13 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.758 -1.828 -1.332 6.187
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.199 0.558 1.500
y 0.558 -36.786 1.888
z 1.500 1.888 -33.520
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.046 0.558 1.500
y 0.558 0.073 1.888
z 1.500 1.888 4.973
Polar
3z2-r29.946
x2-y2-3.413
xy0.558
xz1.500
yz1.888


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.997 0.467 -0.472
y 0.467 5.538 -0.149
z -0.472 -0.149 4.792


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 170.621
(<r2>)1/2 13.062