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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2COOH (Hydroxyacetic acid)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.065586
Energy at 298.15K-304.071089
HF Energy-304.065586
Nuclear repulsion energy177.905795
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 B3PW91/6-31G
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' 3643 3489 46.42      
2 A' 3607 3455 38.18      
3 A' 3059 2929 18.88      
4 A' 1755 1681 218.83      
5 A' 1532 1467 16.04      
6 A' 1470 1408 18.10      
7 A' 1367 1309 126.47      
8 A' 1308 1253 41.23      
9 A' 1148 1099 133.48      
10 A' 1072 1027 215.03      
11 A' 873 837 46.89      
12 A' 640 613 16.02      
13 A' 470 450 33.01      
14 A' 280 268 9.44      
15 A" 3096 2965 16.67      
16 A" 1242 1190 1.63      
17 A" 1059 1014 1.85      
18 A" 664 636 199.91      
19 A" 521 499 9.90      
20 A" 287 275 118.51      
21 A" 58 56 32.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14574.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13958.0 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 B3PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.34832 0.13331 0.09818

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.617 -0.853 0.000
C2 0.000 0.517 0.000
O3 -0.929 1.514 0.000
O4 1.218 0.719 0.000
O5 0.392 -1.864 0.000
H6 -1.260 -0.953 0.884
H7 -1.260 -0.953 -0.884
H8 1.273 -1.432 0.000
H9 -0.502 2.397 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.50292.38732.41661.42831.09741.09741.97753.2517
C21.50291.36211.23492.41302.12842.12842.32881.9454
O32.38731.36212.28963.62652.64112.64113.67830.9802
O42.41661.23492.28962.71123.11723.11722.15182.4036
O51.42832.41303.62652.71122.08322.08320.98124.3532
H61.09742.12842.64113.11722.08321.76792.72563.5460
H71.09742.12842.64113.11722.08321.76792.72563.5460
H81.97752.32883.67832.15180.98122.72562.72564.2209
H93.25171.94540.98022.40364.35323.54603.54604.2209

picture of Hydroxyacetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 112.771 C1 C2 O4 123.632
C1 O5 H8 108.895 C2 C1 O5 110.786
C2 C1 H6 108.871 C2 C1 H7 108.871
C2 O3 H9 111.258 O3 C2 O4 123.597
O5 C1 H6 110.453 O5 C1 H7 110.453
H6 C1 H7 107.318
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.078      
2 C 0.449      
3 O -0.556      
4 O -0.423      
5 O -0.623      
6 H 0.212      
7 H 0.212      
8 H 0.396      
9 H 0.411      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.184 2.413 0.000 2.688
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.893 -0.558 0.000
y -0.558 -29.238 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.151
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.199 -0.558 0.000
y -0.558 0.284 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.915
Polar
3z2-r23.829
x2-y2-1.655
xy-0.558
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.232 -0.188 0.000
y -0.188 4.995 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.605


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 113.115
(<r2>)1/2 10.636