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All results from a given calculation for HCONHCH3 (N-methylformamide)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS cis 1A'
1 3 yes C1 cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.198954
Energy at 298.15K-209.204985
HF Energy-209.198954
Nuclear repulsion energy118.916340
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3596 3445 19.53      
2 A' 3135 3004 17.54      
3 A' 3041 2914 55.80      
4 A' 2952 2828 94.82      
5 A' 1828 1751 432.21      
6 A' 1557 1492 15.10      
7 A' 1501 1438 9.38      
8 A' 1491 1428 9.50      
9 A' 1415 1355 11.30      
10 A' 1311 1256 98.69      
11 A' 1172 1123 36.28      
12 A' 1018 975 42.51      
13 A' 612 586 15.34      
14 A' 345 331 8.13      
15 A" 3093 2963 35.11      
16 A" 1512 1448 5.54      
17 A" 1161 1112 0.41      
18 A" 1040 996 0.06      
19 A" 618 592 131.70      
20 A" 202 194 1.36      
21 A" 98 94 1.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16349.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15662.4 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
1.49391 0.14477 0.13537

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.281 -0.764 0.000
O2 1.401 -1.242 0.000
N3 0.000 0.569 0.000
C4 -1.330 1.146 0.000
H5 -0.641 -1.382 0.000
H6 0.806 1.183 0.000
H7 -2.064 0.334 0.000
H8 -1.504 1.762 0.891
H9 -1.504 1.762 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.21801.36212.49811.10952.01642.58853.21783.2178
O21.21802.28993.62772.04612.49733.80604.27234.2723
N31.36212.28991.44982.05361.01312.07712.11582.1158
C42.49813.62771.44982.61982.13661.09411.09681.0968
H51.10952.04612.05362.61982.94472.22893.37913.3791
H62.01642.49731.01312.13662.94472.99272.54232.5423
H72.58853.80602.07711.09412.22892.99271.77351.7735
H83.21784.27232.11581.09683.37912.54231.77351.7817
H93.21784.27232.11581.09683.37912.54231.77351.7817

picture of N-methylformamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 C4 125.312 C1 N3 H6 115.405
O2 C1 N3 125.034 O2 C1 H5 122.999
N3 C1 H5 111.967 N3 C4 H7 108.669
N3 C4 H8 111.616 N3 C4 H9 111.616
C4 N3 H6 119.283 H7 C4 H8 108.097
H7 C4 H9 108.097 H8 C4 H9 108.624
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.360      
2 O -0.462      
3 N -0.523      
4 C -0.308      
5 H 0.097      
6 H 0.331      
7 H 0.172      
8 H 0.166      
9 H 0.166      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.895 2.772 0.000 4.008
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.000 3.907 0.000
y 3.907 -24.136 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.484
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.690 3.907 0.000
y 3.907 1.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.583
Polar
3z2-r21.167
x2-y2-1.864
xy3.907
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.427 -1.059 0.000
y -1.059 5.563 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.951


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 89.366
(<r2>)1/2 9.453

Conformer 2 ()

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.198954
Energy at 298.15K-209.204985
HF Energy-209.198954
Nuclear repulsion energy118.916340
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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
1.49391 0.14477 0.13537

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (C1 cis)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.200427
Energy at 298.15K-209.206452
HF Energy-209.200427
Nuclear repulsion energy121.101022
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3623 3470 17.64      
2 A 3176 3043 1.23      
3 A 3101 2971 35.48      
4 A 3049 2921 46.09      
5 A 2965 2840 125.05      
6 A 1818 1741 300.61      
7 A 1574 1508 78.67      
8 A 1529 1465 7.21      
9 A 1517 1454 49.51      
10 A 1460 1399 19.26      
11 A 1439 1379 3.83      
12 A 1230 1179 83.65      
13 A 1169 1120 23.37      
14 A 1165 1116 0.72      
15 A 1021 978 1.00      
16 A 968 928 16.00      
17 A 772 740 0.40      
18 A 536 513 47.73      
19 A 299 286 13.33      
20 A 260 249 80.27      
21 A 76 73 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16374.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15686.6 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.66386 0.20280 0.16007

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.866 0.436 0.004
O2 1.381 -0.672 -0.000
N3 -0.474 0.658 -0.021
C4 -1.427 -0.442 0.005
H5 1.456 1.372 0.018
H6 -0.806 1.609 0.059
H7 -2.425 -0.055 -0.213
H8 -1.153 -1.181 -0.753
H9 -1.439 -0.943 0.980

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22191.35802.45541.10672.04313.33472.69552.8574
O21.22192.28272.81772.04563.16073.86202.69272.9977
N31.35802.28271.45652.05751.01002.08702.09352.1207
C42.45542.81771.45653.40642.14371.09241.09301.0963
H51.10672.04562.05753.40642.27474.14173.73123.8293
H62.04313.16071.01002.14372.27472.33772.92632.7859
H73.33473.86202.08701.09244.14172.33771.78241.7842
H82.69552.69272.09351.09303.73122.92631.78241.7721
H92.85742.99772.12071.09633.82932.78591.78421.7721

picture of N-methylformamide state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 C4 121.439 C1 N3 H6 118.523
O2 C1 N3 124.367 O2 C1 H5 122.835
N3 C1 H5 112.795 N3 C4 H7 109.093
N3 C4 H8 109.569 N3 C4 H9 111.565
C4 N3 H6 119.616 H7 C4 H8 109.292
H7 C4 H9 109.213 H8 C4 H9 108.077
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.357      
2 O -0.460      
3 N -0.535      
4 C -0.312      
5 H 0.101      
6 H 0.324      
7 H 0.160      
8 H 0.206      
9 H 0.160      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.873 2.509 0.000 3.815
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.299 2.412 0.000
y 2.412 -21.859 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 -24.506
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.116 2.412 0.000
y 2.412 3.043 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 -0.927
Polar
3z2-r2-1.854
x2-y2-3.440
xy2.412
xz0.000
yz0.001


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.936 -0.115 0.000
y -0.115 4.847 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.937


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.709
(<r2>)1/2 8.872