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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (Cs)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.955044
Energy at 298.15K-207.958388
HF Energy-207.955044
Nuclear repulsion energy102.788105
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 B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3865 3704 54.34 63.30 0.17 0.29
2 A 3125 2995 2.06 76.86 0.35 0.52
3 A 3046 2920 20.04 123.31 0.11 0.19
4 A 2384 2285 0.63 82.55 0.14 0.24
5 A 1484 1422 4.87 7.77 0.60 0.75
6 A 1411 1353 40.58 2.82 0.74 0.85
7 A 1367 1310 2.65 2.75 0.54 0.70
8 A 1225 1175 14.22 2.97 0.29 0.45
9 A 1108 1062 109.00 5.90 0.27 0.43
10 A 986 945 20.66 0.64 0.19 0.32
11 A 909 871 13.65 2.96 0.06 0.11
12 A 590 565 1.10 1.72 0.13 0.24
13 A 379 364 22.36 0.77 0.74 0.85
14 A 291 279 110.64 1.32 0.75 0.86
15 A 213 204 15.69 2.45 0.74 0.85

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11190.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10726.3 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 B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.14342 0.16291 0.14781

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.565 0.585 0.038
C2 0.821 0.111 -0.006
O3 -1.503 -0.446 -0.108
H4 -0.701 1.146 0.966
H5 -0.722 1.275 -0.788
H6 -1.386 -1.085 0.597
N7 1.900 -0.278 -0.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.46541.40111.09261.08741.94282.6121
C21.46542.39112.08172.08442.58091.1469
O31.40112.39112.08042.00780.95863.4077
H41.09262.08172.08041.75912.36213.1234
H51.08742.08442.00781.75912.81513.1432
H61.94282.58090.95862.36212.81513.4380
N72.61211.14693.40773.12343.14323.4380

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.424 C1 O3 H6 109.403
C2 C1 O3 113.038 C2 C1 H4 108.053
C2 C1 H5 108.571 O3 C1 H4 112.491
O3 C1 H5 106.897 H4 C1 H5 107.591
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.087      
2 C 0.031      
3 O -0.448      
4 H 0.316      
5 H 0.385      
6 H 0.173      
7 N -0.368      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.473 1.181 1.245 3.010
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.062 1.167 -1.815
y 1.167 -20.676 -1.733
z -1.815 -1.733 -21.964
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.742 1.167 -1.815
y 1.167 6.337 -1.733
z -1.815 -1.733 4.405
Polar
3z2-r28.811
x2-y2-11.386
xy1.167
xz-1.815
yz-1.733


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.444 -0.366 -0.044
y -0.366 4.612 -0.039
z -0.044 -0.039 4.094


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.154
(<r2>)1/2 8.840