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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HSEh1PBE/6-31G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.661038
Energy at 298.15K-207.664400
HF Energy-207.661038
Nuclear repulsion energy101.364878
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3687 3527 20.70 81.85 0.29 0.45
2 A 3163 3025 2.48 86.09 0.42 0.59
3 A 3061 2928 22.49 117.97 0.15 0.27
4 A 2345 2243 0.26 53.31 0.27 0.42
5 A 1528 1462 8.07 19.26 0.65 0.79
6 A 1420 1358 16.70 10.87 0.73 0.84
7 A 1382 1322 7.32 10.87 0.75 0.86
8 A 1239 1185 21.69 5.04 0.67 0.80
9 A 1045 999 60.13 8.28 0.35 0.51
10 A 997 954 47.31 0.92 0.73 0.85
11 A 922 882 32.72 3.30 0.09 0.17
12 A 584 559 4.84 2.17 0.30 0.46
13 A 397 380 85.76 1.87 0.72 0.83
14 A 308 295 126.93 8.01 0.75 0.86
15 A 214 204 6.65 5.59 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11146.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10662.6 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G
ABC
1.08576 0.15998 0.14459

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/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 0.127 -0.001
O3 -1.517 -0.458 -0.112
H4 -0.714 1.174 0.963
H5 -0.738 1.277 -0.802
H6 -1.449 -1.090 0.629
N7 1.917 -0.296 -0.016

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46411.43841.09851.09172.00272.6333
C21.46412.41802.09702.10072.65651.1697
O31.43842.41802.11262.02350.97553.4387
H41.09852.09702.11261.76812.40343.1688
H51.09172.10072.02351.76812.85573.1847
H62.00272.65650.97552.40342.85573.5179
N72.63331.16973.43873.16883.18473.5179

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.614 C1 O3 H6 110.658
C2 C1 O3 112.826 C2 C1 H4 108.995
C2 C1 H5 109.697 O3 C1 H4 112.076
O3 C1 H5 105.397 H4 C1 H5 107.663
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.122      
2 C 0.157      
3 O -0.592      
4 H 0.213      
5 H 0.247      
6 H 0.388      
7 N -0.290      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.110 1.267 1.639 2.957
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.498 1.322 -2.482
y 1.322 -20.279 -1.963
z -2.482 -1.963 -21.717
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.500 1.322 -2.482
y 1.322 6.829 -1.963
z -2.482 -1.963 4.671
Polar
3z2-r29.342
x2-y2-12.219
xy1.322
xz-2.482
yz-1.963


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.216 -0.437 -0.027
y -0.437 3.404 -0.177
z -0.027 -0.177 2.813


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.599
(<r2>)1/2 8.922