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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at wB97X-D/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-207.879863
Energy at 298.15K-207.883252
HF Energy-207.879863
Nuclear repulsion energy102.182673
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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
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 3844 3646 40.76 62.58 0.29 0.45
2 A 3151 2988 5.20 80.15 0.43 0.61
3 A 3054 2897 26.44 107.76 0.16 0.27
4 A 2401 2278 0.23 47.81 0.28 0.43
5 A 1522 1443 3.03 15.18 0.67 0.80
6 A 1443 1369 50.78 7.89 0.73 0.85
7 A 1406 1333 2.20 7.08 0.74 0.85
8 A 1249 1185 19.34 4.65 0.65 0.79
9 A 1132 1073 106.68 5.53 0.31 0.47
10 A 1006 954 24.42 0.55 0.51 0.68
11 A 909 862 18.87 2.13 0.16 0.28
12 A 591 560 2.20 1.73 0.33 0.50
13 A 404 383 73.17 1.19 0.72 0.84
14 A 316 300 94.90 5.32 0.75 0.86
15 A 217 206 9.27 4.69 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11321.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10738.4 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
1.12849 0.16098 0.14618

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.576 0.587 0.038
C2 0.826 0.116 -0.006
O3 -1.503 -0.454 -0.113
H4 -0.716 1.150 0.971
H5 -0.738 1.277 -0.793
H6 -1.414 -1.056 0.636
N7 1.914 -0.279 -0.014

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47961.40211.09901.09261.93862.6363
C21.47962.40042.09832.10072.60851.1570
O31.40212.40042.09042.01120.96513.4230
H41.09902.09832.09041.76922.33823.1506
H51.09262.10072.01121.76922.81823.1713
H61.93862.60850.96512.33822.81823.4787
N72.63631.15703.42303.15063.17133.4787

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 178.086 C1 O3 H6 108.545
C2 C1 O3 112.785 C2 C1 H4 108.011
C2 C1 H5 108.572 O3 C1 H4 112.833
O3 C1 H5 106.792 H4 C1 H5 107.655
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.127      
2 C 0.320      
3 O -0.605      
4 H 0.204      
5 H 0.232      
6 H 0.425      
7 N -0.449      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.431 1.155 1.429 3.047
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.387 1.211 -2.086
y 1.211 -20.271 -1.834
z -2.086 -1.834 -21.387
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.558 1.211 -2.086
y 1.211 6.116 -1.834
z -2.086 -1.834 4.442
Polar
3z2-r28.884
x2-y2-11.116
xy1.211
xz-2.086
yz-1.834


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.180 -0.474 -0.037
y -0.474 3.442 -0.133
z -0.037 -0.133 2.975


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.561
(<r2>)1/2 8.863