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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.654060
Energy at 298.15K-323.663404
Nuclear repulsion energy241.436960
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(2df,p)
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 3403 3384 0.80      
2 A 3259 3241 299.92      
3 A 3039 3022 22.16      
4 A 2999 2982 19.26      
5 A 2995 2978 16.81      
6 A 2947 2931 26.83      
7 A 2908 2892 76.08      
8 A 1800 1791 296.14      
9 A 1478 1470 6.78      
10 A 1458 1450 16.12      
11 A 1446 1438 11.79      
12 A 1432 1424 7.15      
13 A 1419 1411 4.61      
14 A 1384 1376 313.17      
15 A 1301 1293 4.90      
16 A 1248 1241 3.98      
17 A 1166 1160 21.96      
18 A 1130 1124 9.62      
19 A 1104 1098 38.06      
20 A 1085 1079 27.68      
21 A 977 972 20.18      
22 A 928 923 9.08      
23 A 889 884 48.28      
24 A 831 827 15.04      
25 A 755 751 57.68      
26 A 619 615 3.20      
27 A 557 554 6.03      
28 A 455 453 8.74      
29 A 363 361 4.56      
30 A 271 269 4.74      
31 A 199 198 2.21      
32 A 137 137 2.12      
33 A 76 75 5.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23028.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22901.7 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(2df,p)
ABC
0.29823 0.06573 0.05643

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.210 0.254 -0.324
C2 2.557 -0.069 0.188
C3 0.162 -0.736 0.007
C4 -1.238 -0.069 0.024
O5 -1.175 1.286 0.110
O6 -2.278 -0.690 -0.006
H7 1.257 0.363 -1.341
H8 0.124 -1.617 -0.658
H9 2.947 -1.047 -0.159
H10 3.260 0.717 -0.125
H11 0.351 -1.111 1.027
H12 2.530 -0.084 1.289
H13 -0.196 1.480 0.090

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.47711.47912.49402.63433.62801.02372.18852.17612.11152.10382.11151.9116
C21.47712.49303.79913.97094.87922.05333.00491.10811.10022.57951.10123.1612
C31.47912.49301.55102.42532.44062.05521.10452.80733.42481.10332.77052.2463
C42.49403.79911.55101.35851.21212.87702.17254.30184.56932.14953.97471.8680
O52.63433.97092.42531.35852.26652.97813.27144.74334.47762.98604.12170.9975
O63.62804.87922.44061.21212.26653.92342.65665.23955.71612.85645.01613.0094
H71.02372.05332.05522.87702.97813.92342.38102.49792.37022.93252.95582.3259
H82.18853.00491.10452.17253.27142.65662.38102.92223.94521.77343.45333.2025
H92.17611.10812.80734.30184.74335.23952.49792.92221.79152.85401.78824.0408
H102.11151.10023.42484.56934.47765.71612.37023.94521.79153.62351.78173.5468
H112.10382.57951.10332.14952.98602.85642.93251.77342.85403.62352.42252.8097
H122.11151.10122.77053.97474.12175.01612.95583.45331.78821.78172.42253.3639
H131.91163.16122.24631.86800.99753.00942.32593.20254.04083.54682.80973.3639

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 113.882 N1 C2 H10 109.143
N1 C2 H12 109.088 N1 C3 C4 110.769
N1 C3 H8 115.017 N1 C3 H11 108.233
C2 N1 C3 114.983 C2 N1 H7 109.030
C3 N1 H7 109.042 C3 C4 O5 112.772
C3 C4 O6 123.617 C4 C3 H8 108.626
C4 C3 H11 106.950 C4 O5 H13 103.847
O5 C4 O6 123.592 H8 C3 H11 106.881
H9 C2 H10 108.437 H9 C2 H12 108.073
H10 C2 H12 108.064
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.242      
2 C -0.299      
3 C -0.281      
4 C 0.356      
5 O -0.314      
6 O -0.297      
7 H 0.220      
8 H 0.115      
9 H 0.102      
10 H 0.117      
11 H 0.129      
12 H 0.125      
13 H 0.271      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.041 -0.133 -0.566 5.074
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.369 -0.767 -0.591
y -0.767 -37.091 -0.611
z -0.591 -0.611 -33.112
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.268 -0.767 -0.591
y -0.767 0.650 -0.611
z -0.591 -0.611 6.618
Polar
3z2-r213.235
x2-y2-5.279
xy-0.767
xz-0.591
yz-0.611


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.156 0.342 0.033
y 0.342 7.046 0.017
z 0.033 0.017 5.551


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 196.946
(<r2>)1/2 14.034