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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(NH2)COOH (Alanine)

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-61.471652
Energy at 298.15K-61.481239
Nuclear repulsion energy139.093011
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 3964 3573 185.34      
2 A 3911 3526 13.97      
3 A 3790 3416 6.81      
4 A 3336 3007 30.36      
5 A 3303 2977 81.52      
6 A 3277 2954 13.45      
7 A 3219 2901 38.98      
8 A 1895 1708 313.70      
9 A 1837 1656 78.64      
10 A 1637 1476 10.06      
11 A 1635 1474 6.79      
12 A 1562 1408 6.84      
13 A 1498 1350 22.38      
14 A 1476 1331 53.01      
15 A 1430 1289 370.22      
16 A 1367 1233 94.49      
17 A 1301 1173 19.56      
18 A 1240 1117 17.42      
19 A 1152 1039 44.51      
20 A 1098 990 1.33      
21 A 1010 910 44.77      
22 A 887 799 163.23      
23 A 844 760 67.71      
24 A 791 713 244.22      
25 A 777 701 11.00      
26 A 654 590 14.85      
27 A 566 510 8.00      
28 A 409 369 0.84      
29 A 347 313 12.93      
30 A 294 265 18.60      
31 A 269 242 3.21      
32 A 245 221 2.48      
33 A 53 48 1.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25535.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23018.0 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.16266 0.10466 0.07577

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 -1.283 1.141 -0.288
C2 -1.281 -1.216 0.509
C3 -0.633 -0.175 -0.434
C4 0.868 -0.055 -0.092
O5 1.228 1.061 0.590
O6 1.680 -0.917 -0.391
H7 -2.166 1.132 0.185
H8 -1.310 1.705 -1.117
H9 -0.752 -2.162 0.446
H10 -1.253 -0.872 1.542
H11 -0.685 -0.544 -1.455
H12 -2.320 -1.380 0.224
H13 0.488 1.667 0.700

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N12.48771.47492.46852.66073.60841.00211.00313.42442.72032.13502.77302.0948
C22.48771.54662.51533.38923.10892.52993.34301.08571.09012.15911.08913.3882
C31.47491.54661.54402.45762.42912.10772.11212.17592.18521.08642.17462.4368
C42.46852.51531.54401.35681.22113.26962.98212.71092.79882.12263.46621.9336
O52.66073.38922.45761.35682.25373.41863.12553.78483.28523.22714.32140.9628
O63.60843.10892.42911.22112.25374.39544.04262.85673.51242.61914.07283.0478
H71.00212.52992.10773.26963.41864.39541.65993.59392.58662.77362.51642.7560
H81.00313.34302.11212.98213.12554.04261.65994.20793.70312.35923.51172.5564
H93.42441.08572.17592.71093.78482.85673.59394.20791.76572.49661.76644.0326
H102.72031.09012.18522.79883.28523.51242.58663.70311.76573.06791.77063.1912
H112.13502.15911.08642.12263.22712.61912.77362.35922.49663.06792.48803.3027
H122.77301.08912.17463.46624.32144.07282.51643.51171.76641.77062.48804.1704
H132.09483.38822.43681.93360.96283.04782.75602.55644.03263.19123.30274.1704

picture of Alanine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C3 C2 110.817 N1 C3 C4 109.684
N1 C3 H11 112.041 C2 C3 C4 108.947
C2 C3 H11 108.915 C3 N1 H7 115.290
C3 N1 H8 115.616 C3 C2 H9 110.274
C3 C2 H10 110.750 C3 C2 H12 109.966
C3 C4 O5 115.671 C3 C4 O6 122.494
C4 C3 H11 106.295 C4 O5 H13 111.817
O5 C4 O6 121.821 H7 N1 H8 111.756
H9 C2 H10 108.491 H9 C2 H12 108.624
H10 C2 H12 108.681
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 -0.760      
2 C -0.365      
3 C 0.086      
4 C 0.091      
5 O -0.453      
6 O -0.233      
7 H 0.309      
8 H 0.307      
9 H 0.166      
10 H 0.112      
11 H 0.155      
12 H 0.134      
13 H 0.449      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -6.550 1.751 -0.576 6.805
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.253 1.027 0.463
y 1.027 -36.242 -2.818
z 0.463 -2.818 -34.943
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.661 1.027 0.463
y 1.027 2.856 -2.818
z 0.463 -2.818 4.804
Polar
3z2-r29.609
x2-y2-7.011
xy1.027
xz0.463
yz-2.818


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.168 -0.601 -0.363
y -0.601 6.427 0.253
z -0.363 0.253 5.009


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.620
(<r2>)1/2 11.688