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All results from a given calculation for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.972542
Energy at 298.15K-208.977927
Nuclear repulsion energy120.655437
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 PBEPBE/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 3668 3618 25.41      
2 A 3523 3475 20.39      
3 A 3091 3048 7.01      
4 A 3086 3043 15.43      
5 A 2999 2958 8.37      
6 A 1762 1738 272.83      
7 A 1571 1549 101.57      
8 A 1456 1436 9.00      
9 A 1436 1416 5.99      
10 A 1358 1340 65.41      
11 A 1312 1294 86.69      
12 A 1084 1069 0.49      
13 A 1016 1002 6.50      
14 A 949 936 4.14      
15 A 823 812 2.71      
16 A 662 652 11.62      
17 A 520 513 11.87      
18 A 507 500 8.48      
19 A 416 411 4.65      
20 A 77 76 189.61      
21 A 25 25 25.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15670.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15455.7 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.35474 0.30551 0.16936

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.371 -0.333 -0.000
C2 0.078 0.147 -0.001
N3 1.025 -0.848 -0.004
O4 0.379 1.341 0.001
H5 -1.890 0.118 -0.860
H6 -1.488 -1.426 -0.044
H7 -1.865 0.043 0.909
H8 2.003 -0.574 0.012
H9 0.791 -1.834 0.013

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52642.45102.42111.10041.10111.10093.38252.6324
C21.52641.37391.23122.14702.22072.14852.05532.1057
N32.45101.37392.28273.18772.57953.15931.01581.0136
O42.42111.23122.28272.71693.33872.74692.51073.2020
H51.10042.14703.18772.71691.79201.77094.04833.4290
H61.10112.22072.57953.33871.79201.79133.59452.3163
H71.10092.14853.15932.74691.77091.79134.01833.3734
H83.38252.05531.01582.51074.04833.59454.01831.7488
H92.63242.10571.01363.20203.42902.31633.37341.7488

picture of Acetamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 115.264 C1 C2 O4 122.442
C2 C1 H5 108.555 C2 C1 H6 114.418
C2 C1 H7 108.640 C2 N3 H8 117.874
C2 N3 H9 123.053 N3 C2 O4 122.294
H5 C1 H6 108.976 H5 C1 H7 107.125
H6 C1 H7 108.883 H8 N3 H9 119.034
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.438      
2 C 0.509      
3 N -0.583      
4 O -0.463      
5 H 0.162      
6 H 0.109      
7 H 0.162      
8 H 0.276      
9 H 0.266      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.013 -3.608 0.058 3.608
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.019 -2.415 0.064
y -2.415 -25.179 -0.082
z 0.064 -0.082 -24.534
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.837 -2.415 0.064
y -2.415 -2.902 -0.082
z 0.064 -0.082 -1.935
Polar
3z2-r2-3.870
x2-y25.160
xy-2.415
xz0.064
yz-0.082


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.390 -0.238 0.001
y -0.238 5.590 -0.000
z 0.001 -0.000 3.009


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.765
(<r2>)1/2 8.704