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All results from a given calculation for CH3NHCH2COOH (Sarcosine)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-321.830292
Energy at 298.15K-321.840035
Nuclear repulsion energy247.319851
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 3494 3352 4.42      
2 A 3151 3023 12.57      
3 A 3128 3001 5.35      
4 A 3114 2988 16.45      
5 A 3071 2946 13.61      
6 A 3028 2905 32.20      
7 A 2784 2671 382.66      
8 A 1834 1760 351.07      
9 A 1575 1511 19.31      
10 A 1560 1497 32.99      
11 A 1519 1457 115.26      
12 A 1494 1433 22.08      
13 A 1486 1426 10.72      
14 A 1452 1393 261.40      
15 A 1344 1290 7.23      
16 A 1294 1241 7.34      
17 A 1186 1138 13.89      
18 A 1182 1134 28.84      
19 A 1143 1096 57.94      
20 A 1114 1069 50.60      
21 A 1099 1055 65.97      
22 A 1002 961 5.40      
23 A 921 884 6.55      
24 A 850 816 42.69      
25 A 759 728 33.85      
26 A 659 632 8.63      
27 A 566 543 3.90      
28 A 505 485 4.81      
29 A 390 374 45.49      
30 A 375 360 3.08      
31 A 238 229 0.84      
32 A 147 141 1.31      
33 A 97 93 5.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23779.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22814.0 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.23358 0.07894 0.07090

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.269 -0.116 -0.566
C2 2.022 0.171 0.681
C3 0.071 -0.958 -0.336
C4 -1.100 -0.003 0.019
O5 -0.774 1.275 -0.297
O6 -2.166 -0.369 0.491
H7 1.872 -0.476 -1.308
H8 -0.189 -1.481 -1.263
H9 2.364 -0.740 1.194
H10 2.885 0.800 0.445
H11 0.191 -1.698 0.465
H12 1.358 0.728 1.351
H13 0.198 1.165 -0.661

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.48521.48152.44232.48533.60231.02192.11562.16492.11532.17402.09601.6720
C21.48522.47243.19643.16104.22712.09713.37631.09981.09392.62521.09482.4732
C31.48152.47241.55232.38732.45682.10201.09612.76433.40831.09692.70942.1514
C42.44233.19641.55231.35591.22183.28892.15793.73114.08752.17702.89001.8741
O52.48533.16102.38731.35592.29343.32982.97814.01563.76333.21682.74951.0437
O63.60234.22712.45681.22182.29344.42172.86674.59895.18482.70623.79003.0445
H71.02192.09712.10203.28893.32984.42172.29382.56332.39342.73122.96322.4320
H82.11563.37631.09612.15792.97812.86672.29383.61984.19221.78213.75572.7417
H92.16491.09982.76433.73114.01564.59892.56333.61981.79052.48361.78603.4293
H102.11531.09393.40834.08753.76335.18482.39344.19221.79053.67401.77632.9284
H112.17402.62521.09692.17703.21682.70622.73121.78212.48363.67402.83403.0765
H122.09601.09482.70942.89002.74953.79002.96323.75571.78601.77632.83402.3629
H131.67202.47322.15141.87411.04373.04452.43202.74173.42932.92843.07652.3629

picture of Sarcosine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 H9 112.906 N1 C2 H10 109.270
N1 C2 H12 107.701 N1 C3 C4 107.209
N1 C3 H8 109.414 N1 C3 H11 114.126
C2 N1 C3 112.902 C2 N1 H7 112.216
C3 N1 H7 112.926 C3 C4 O5 110.166
C3 C4 O6 124.226 C4 C3 H8 107.896
C4 C3 H11 109.316 C4 O5 H13 101.921
O5 C4 O6 125.595 H8 C3 H11 108.706
H9 C2 H10 109.413 H9 C2 H12 108.941
H10 C2 H12 108.507
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.647      
2 C -0.478      
3 C -0.395      
4 C 0.662      
5 O -0.585      
6 O -0.491      
7 H 0.322      
8 H 0.268      
9 H 0.215      
10 H 0.236      
11 H 0.249      
12 H 0.248      
13 H 0.396      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  5.775 -1.806 -1.338 6.197
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.151 0.540 1.452
y 0.540 -36.843 1.854
z 1.452 1.854 -33.458
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.001 0.540 1.452
y 0.540 -0.039 1.854
z 1.452 1.854 5.039
Polar
3z2-r210.079
x2-y2-3.308
xy0.540
xz1.452
yz1.854


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.090 0.465 -0.467
y 0.465 5.599 -0.148
z -0.467 -0.148 4.823


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 200.107
(<r2>)1/2 14.146