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All results from a given calculation for HOCH2CN (cyanomethanol)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/3-21G

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 TPSSh/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at TPSSh/3-21G
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/3-21G
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at TPSSh/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-206.806805
Energy at 298.15K-206.810279
HF Energy-206.806805
Nuclear repulsion energy100.687930
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 TPSSh/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 3453 3345 4.16 82.39 0.31 0.47
2 A 3121 3023 3.67 88.14 0.39 0.56
3 A 3017 2923 27.73 108.65 0.20 0.34
4 A 2304 2232 0.46 43.67 0.28 0.43
5 A 1543 1495 5.17 21.65 0.66 0.80
6 A 1412 1368 22.72 13.27 0.75 0.86
7 A 1384 1341 0.51 11.92 0.73 0.84
8 A 1260 1220 20.80 5.97 0.66 0.80
9 A 1002 970 2.12 6.59 0.36 0.53
10 A 967 936 82.81 2.90 0.41 0.58
11 A 883 856 23.50 2.04 0.09 0.17
12 A 600 581 2.73 2.34 0.28 0.44
13 A 460 446 44.73 1.75 0.73 0.84
14 A 347 336 123.74 8.85 0.75 0.86
15 A 225 218 5.89 4.00 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10988.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9688) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10645.5 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 TPSSh/3-21G
ABC
1.05440 0.15873 0.14320

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.556 0.615 0.038
C2 0.832 0.129 0.002
O3 -1.531 -0.467 -0.114
H4 -0.700 1.199 0.959
H5 -0.729 1.274 -0.817
H6 -1.413 -1.075 0.670
N7 1.919 -0.303 -0.019

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 N7
C11.47061.46461.10051.09331.99762.6396
C21.47062.43992.09992.10152.63371.1696
O31.46462.43992.14952.04170.99963.4549
H41.10052.09992.14951.77762.40133.1739
H51.09332.10152.04171.77762.86323.1828
H61.99762.63370.99962.40132.86323.4887
N72.63961.16963.45493.17393.18283.4887

picture of cyanomethanol state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N7 177.570 C1 O3 H6 106.795
C2 C1 O3 112.460 C2 C1 H4 108.664
C2 C1 H5 109.215 O3 C1 H4 113.087
O3 C1 H5 104.992 H4 C1 H5 108.245
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.221      
2 C 0.330      
3 O -0.516      
4 H 0.246      
5 H 0.286      
6 H 0.356      
7 N -0.481      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.055 1.169 1.479 2.789
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.943 -0.366 -0.040
y -0.366 3.262 -0.213
z -0.040 -0.213 2.692


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.952
(<r2>)1/2 8.942