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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (Cs)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.824164
Energy at 298.15K-207.827528
HF Energy-207.824164
Nuclear repulsion energy101.378587
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
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 3701 3504 21.42 80.05 0.29 0.45
2 A 3172 3002 2.52 85.13 0.42 0.59
3 A 3070 2907 22.28 117.51 0.15 0.27
4 A 2347 2222 0.24 52.45 0.27 0.42
5 A 1534 1452 7.90 18.89 0.65 0.79
6 A 1424 1348 16.12 10.59 0.72 0.84
7 A 1386 1312 7.44 10.84 0.75 0.86
8 A 1242 1176 21.95 4.80 0.68 0.81
9 A 1046 990 58.79 8.44 0.34 0.51
10 A 999 946 50.46 0.90 0.75 0.86
11 A 921 872 32.07 3.23 0.09 0.16
12 A 584 553 4.81 2.19 0.30 0.46
13 A 397 376 87.92 1.84 0.72 0.83
14 A 309 292 125.91 7.98 0.75 0.86
15 A 214 203 6.59 5.60 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11173.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9466) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10576.5 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
ABC
1.08807 0.15987 0.14453

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.557 0.603 0.037
C2 0.827 0.126 -0.001
O3 -1.517 -0.458 -0.112
H4 -0.714 1.172 0.962
H5 -0.737 1.276 -0.801
H6 -1.453 -1.088 0.629
N7 1.917 -0.296 -0.016

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46511.43821.09701.09032.00262.6336
C21.46512.41862.09652.10002.65901.1690
O31.43822.41862.11082.02220.97453.4397
H41.09702.09652.11081.76682.40093.1677
H51.09032.10002.02221.76682.85393.1832
H62.00262.65900.97452.40092.85393.5220
N72.63361.16903.43973.16773.18323.5220

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.723 C1 O3 H6 110.736
C2 C1 O3 112.829 C2 C1 H4 108.984
C2 C1 H5 109.664 O3 C1 H4 112.032
O3 C1 H5 105.392 H4 C1 H5 107.758
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.121      
2 C 0.162      
3 O -0.596      
4 H 0.215      
5 H 0.248      
6 H 0.389      
7 N -0.297      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.117 1.280 1.648 2.972
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.476 1.314 -2.500
y 1.314 -20.236 -1.963
z -2.500 -1.963 -21.668
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.524 1.314 -2.500
y 1.314 6.836 -1.963
z -2.500 -1.963 4.689
Polar
3z2-r29.377
x2-y2-12.240
xy1.314
xz-2.500
yz-1.963


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.201 -0.434 -0.027
y -0.434 3.384 -0.174
z -0.027 -0.174 2.800


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.595
(<r2>)1/2 8.922