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All results from a given calculation for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.187548
Energy at 298.15K-209.193237
Nuclear repulsion energy121.787816
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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 3758 3618 25.69      
2 A 3622 3487 25.26      
3 A 3140 3022 7.33      
4 A 3137 3020 23.77      
5 A 3058 2944 10.10      
6 A 1810 1742 357.23      
7 A 1660 1598 106.73      
8 A 1506 1450 13.20      
9 A 1485 1430 9.63      
10 A 1410 1357 79.18      
11 A 1359 1309 107.36      
12 A 1136 1094 0.22      
13 A 1060 1020 7.36      
14 A 991 954 8.14      
15 A 851 820 2.04      
16 A 687 661 15.74      
17 A 544 524 13.78      
18 A 527 507 10.12      
19 A 431 415 4.62      
20 A 207 199 232.27      
21 A 18 17 11.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16197.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15593.5 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.36287 0.30981 0.17244

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.356 -0.347 -0.000
C2 0.077 0.147 -0.000
N3 1.033 -0.824 -0.000
O4 0.352 1.330 0.000
H5 -1.864 0.058 -0.877
H6 -1.460 -1.434 -0.002
H7 -1.863 0.055 0.880
H8 1.999 -0.542 0.000
H9 0.818 -1.805 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51572.43632.39351.09201.09251.09203.36082.6178
C21.51571.36301.21422.13222.20552.13222.04192.0879
N32.43631.36302.25913.15332.56693.15181.00661.0037
O42.39351.21422.25912.70173.30542.70322.49303.1689
H51.09202.13223.15332.70171.77701.75744.00713.3820
H61.09252.20552.56693.30541.77701.77693.57272.3085
H71.09202.13223.15182.70321.75741.77694.00573.3795
H83.36082.04191.00662.49304.00713.57274.00571.7290
H92.61782.08791.00373.16893.38202.30853.37951.7290

picture of Acetamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 115.525 C1 C2 O4 122.123
C2 C1 H5 108.607 C2 C1 H6 114.496
C2 C1 H7 108.609 C2 N3 H8 118.244
C2 N3 H9 123.101 N3 C2 O4 122.352
H5 C1 H6 108.867 H5 C1 H7 107.155
H6 C1 H7 108.862 H8 N3 H9 118.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.739      
2 C 0.473      
3 N -0.799      
4 O -0.377      
5 H 0.254      
6 H 0.214      
7 H 0.254      
8 H 0.361      
9 H 0.359      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.010 -3.813 0.002 3.813
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.199 -2.386 0.002
y -2.386 -25.633 -0.002
z 0.002 -0.002 -24.821
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.028 -2.386 0.002
y -2.386 -3.123 -0.002
z 0.002 -0.002 -1.905
Polar
3z2-r2-3.810
x2-y25.434
xy-2.386
xz0.002
yz-0.002


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.897
(<r2>)1/2 8.654