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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.528378
Energy at 298.15K-323.537777
Nuclear repulsion energy242.701387
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/6-31G
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 3431 3405 0.20      
2 A 3071 3048 22.63      
3 A 3029 3006 9.95      
4 A 3026 3003 24.56      
5 A 2971 2948 38.36      
6 A 2940 2918 87.58      
7 A 2919 2896 228.96      
8 A 1716 1703 273.82      
9 A 1520 1508 9.44      
10 A 1501 1489 16.32      
11 A 1475 1464 12.58      
12 A 1458 1447 3.01      
13 A 1456 1445 1.71      
14 A 1352 1342 293.91      
15 A 1321 1311 27.42      
16 A 1264 1254 5.76      
17 A 1150 1142 5.86      
18 A 1143 1135 7.00      
19 A 1105 1096 67.70      
20 A 1075 1067 20.76      
21 A 987 979 33.52      
22 A 942 935 82.84      
23 A 884 877 13.86      
24 A 811 805 39.58      
25 A 714 708 38.61      
26 A 612 607 14.59      
27 A 524 520 5.75      
28 A 489 485 2.15      
29 A 364 361 3.08      
30 A 324 321 29.64      
31 A 207 205 1.28      
32 A 135 134 0.46      
33 A 81 80 5.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22996.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22822.0 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/6-31G
ABC
0.23196 0.07416 0.06614

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.289 -0.056 0.559
C2 -2.149 0.115 -0.647
C3 -0.082 -0.911 0.371
C4 1.129 -0.021 -0.024
O5 0.885 1.322 0.203
O6 2.201 -0.465 -0.465
H7 -1.834 -0.318 1.387
H8 0.164 -1.414 1.322
H9 -2.541 -0.844 -1.043
H10 -2.997 0.770 -0.397
H11 -0.212 -1.695 -0.397
H12 -1.560 0.602 -1.440
H13 -0.080 1.339 0.549

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.49141.49142.48792.59843.66041.02472.13002.18122.12442.18242.12261.8458
C21.49142.52223.33993.37454.39252.10293.40041.10911.10052.66271.10172.6852
C31.49142.52221.55382.43922.47182.11041.10332.83763.45151.10562.78502.2574
C42.48793.33991.55381.38431.24113.29532.16373.89734.21792.17763.10321.9089
O52.59843.37452.43921.38432.31803.38853.04254.24103.96653.26653.03311.0257
O63.66044.39252.47181.24112.31804.44222.87104.79255.34322.70984.02983.0807
H71.02472.10292.11043.29533.38854.44222.27992.58492.39102.77682.98552.5538
H82.13003.40041.10332.16373.04252.87102.27993.63794.20891.78203.82972.8701
H92.18121.10912.83763.89734.24104.79252.58493.63791.79792.56231.79223.6550
H102.12441.10053.45154.21793.96655.34322.39104.20891.79793.71941.78353.1183
H112.18242.66271.10562.17763.26652.70982.77681.78202.56233.71942.86073.1817
H122.12261.10172.78503.10323.03314.02982.98553.82971.79221.78352.86072.5870
H131.84582.68522.25741.90891.02573.08072.55382.87013.65503.11833.18172.5870

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.202 N1 C2 H10 109.167
N1 C2 H12 108.956 N1 C3 C4 109.556
N1 C3 H8 109.445 N1 C3 H11 113.528
C2 N1 C3 115.473 C2 N1 H7 112.061
C3 N1 H7 112.702 C3 C4 O5 112.110
C3 C4 O6 123.974 C4 C3 H8 107.835
C4 C3 H11 108.761 C4 O5 H13 103.757
O5 C4 O6 123.900 H8 C3 H11 107.549
H9 C2 H10 108.909 H9 C2 H12 108.319
H10 C2 H12 108.167
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.565      
2 C -0.241      
3 C -0.190      
4 C 0.459      
5 O -0.504      
6 O -0.378      
7 H 0.286      
8 H 0.168      
9 H 0.130      
10 H 0.146      
11 H 0.157      
12 H 0.158      
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
  -5.794 -1.422 1.552 6.165
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.718 -0.440 1.469
y -0.440 -37.612 -1.507
z 1.469 -1.507 -33.785
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.020 -0.440 1.469
y -0.440 0.140 -1.507
z 1.469 -1.507 5.880
Polar
3z2-r211.760
x2-y2-4.107
xy-0.440
xz1.469
yz-1.507


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.046 -0.559 -0.464
y -0.559 6.468 0.222
z -0.464 0.222 5.359


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.170
(<r2>)1/2 14.393