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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-61.458005
Energy at 298.15K-61.467679
Nuclear repulsion energy137.485171
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 HF/CEP-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 3967 3576 177.72      
2 A 3839 3461 6.81      
3 A 3322 2994 64.89      
4 A 3313 2986 24.52      
5 A 3276 2953 67.79      
6 A 3249 2928 35.59      
7 A 3188 2874 90.18      
8 A 1903 1716 365.46      
9 A 1660 1497 17.28      
10 A 1640 1478 15.70      
11 A 1629 1469 9.37      
12 A 1625 1465 6.55      
13 A 1602 1444 2.50      
14 A 1506 1358 34.94      
15 A 1430 1289 296.42      
16 A 1404 1265 185.83      
17 A 1303 1175 40.97      
18 A 1289 1162 5.97      
19 A 1259 1135 20.21      
20 A 1235 1114 16.22      
21 A 1104 996 12.38      
22 A 999 900 17.96      
23 A 923 832 83.00      
24 A 806 727 201.31      
25 A 750 676 83.71      
26 A 664 599 25.04      
27 A 588 530 20.71      
28 A 547 493 17.02      
29 A 393 355 2.87      
30 A 333 300 17.30      
31 A 202 182 0.70      
32 A 127 114 0.79      
33 A 77 69 8.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25575.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23053.9 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.22842 0.07550 0.06780

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.310 -0.028 0.557
C2 -2.116 0.122 -0.670
C3 -0.113 -0.869 0.441
C4 1.100 -0.040 -0.017
O5 0.991 1.298 0.188
O6 2.102 -0.539 -0.502
H7 -1.864 -0.234 1.367
H8 0.139 -1.286 1.413
H9 -2.496 -0.833 -1.044
H10 -2.957 0.780 -0.470
H11 -0.227 -1.698 -0.254
H12 -1.513 0.577 -1.453
H13 0.126 1.539 0.536

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47581.46722.47792.68153.60931.00182.10122.14872.10212.14962.10942.1263
C21.47582.49573.28583.43084.27302.08303.37771.09391.08652.65671.08832.9140
C31.46722.49571.53962.44542.43062.07921.08692.80823.41101.08802.76422.4220
C42.47793.28581.53961.35811.21983.27662.12593.82344.16372.13683.04501.9362
O52.68153.43082.44541.35812.25523.44712.98354.26834.03523.26423.07910.9628
O63.60934.27302.43061.21982.25524.39462.84194.63975.22822.61313.90123.0497
H71.00182.08302.07923.27663.44714.39462.26312.56322.36522.72982.95522.7913
H82.10123.37771.08692.12592.98352.84192.26313.63164.17121.75563.79692.9577
H92.14871.09392.80823.82344.26834.63972.56323.63161.77332.55451.76763.8734
H102.10211.08653.41104.16374.03525.22822.36524.17121.77333.69391.75903.3306
H112.14962.65671.08802.13683.26422.61312.72981.75562.55453.69392.87623.3512
H122.10941.08832.76423.04503.07913.90122.95523.79691.76761.75902.87622.7516
H132.12632.91402.42201.93620.96283.04972.79132.95773.87343.33063.35122.7516

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 112.632 N1 C2 H10 109.310
N1 C2 H12 109.789 N1 C3 C4 110.974
N1 C3 H8 109.815 N1 C3 H11 113.724
C2 N1 C3 115.994 C2 N1 H7 113.040
C3 N1 H7 113.385 C3 C4 O5 114.965
C3 C4 O6 123.067 C4 C3 H8 106.809
C4 C3 H11 107.579 C4 O5 H13 111.944
O5 C4 O6 121.949 H8 C3 H11 107.649
H9 C2 H10 108.837 H9 C2 H12 108.191
H10 C2 H12 107.967
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.533      
2 C -0.324      
3 C -0.092      
4 C 0.113      
5 O -0.462      
6 O -0.221      
7 H 0.301      
8 H 0.173      
9 H 0.129      
10 H 0.168      
11 H 0.153      
12 H 0.148      
13 H 0.447      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -6.477 -1.094 2.046 6.880
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -44.847 0.011 2.645
y 0.011 -37.774 -1.522
z 2.645 -1.522 -34.244
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.838 0.011 2.645
y 0.011 1.772 -1.522
z 2.645 -1.522 7.066
Polar
3z2-r214.132
x2-y2-7.073
xy0.011
xz2.645
yz-1.522


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.808 -0.690 -0.512
y -0.690 5.594 0.172
z -0.512 0.172 5.029


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 166.653
(<r2>)1/2 12.909