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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.957360
Energy at 298.15K-208.963364
HF Energy-208.957360
Nuclear repulsion energy118.344964
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3533 3485 16.34      
2 A' 3067 3025 13.39      
3 A' 2966 2926 55.57      
4 A' 2841 2802 102.79      
5 A' 1780 1756 373.68      
6 A' 1494 1474 15.72      
7 A' 1439 1420 8.50      
8 A' 1422 1403 6.94      
9 A' 1354 1335 13.98      
10 A' 1264 1247 71.52      
11 A' 1137 1122 25.67      
12 A' 987 973 43.39      
13 A' 596 588 13.96      
14 A' 331 327 7.68      
15 A" 3025 2984 29.81      
16 A" 1444 1425 5.86      
17 A" 1113 1097 0.03      
18 A" 991 978 1.09      
19 A" 608 599 115.75      
20 A" 209 207 1.50      
21 A" 111 109 1.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15856.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15639.3 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
1.47510 0.14368 0.13430

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.279 -0.766 0.000
O2 1.407 -1.250 0.000
N3 0.000 0.575 0.000
C4 -1.332 1.149 0.000
H5 -0.660 -1.378 0.000
H6 0.812 1.190 0.000
H7 -2.066 0.328 0.000
H8 -1.514 1.768 0.896
H9 -1.514 1.768 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22711.36932.50231.12092.02742.58793.23093.2309
O21.22712.30423.64082.07032.51203.81464.29464.2946
N31.36932.30421.45012.06111.01932.08062.12572.1257
C42.50233.64081.45012.61492.14431.10151.10421.1042
H51.12092.07032.06112.61492.96022.21113.38093.3809
H62.02742.51201.01932.14432.96023.00472.55892.5589
H72.58793.81462.08061.10152.21113.00471.78351.7835
H83.23094.29462.12571.10423.38092.55891.78351.7920
H93.23094.29462.12571.10423.38092.55891.78351.7920

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 125.103 C1 N3 H6 115.385
O2 C1 N3 125.026 O2 C1 H5 123.636
N3 C1 H5 111.338 N3 C4 H7 108.484
N3 C4 H8 111.942 N3 C4 H9 111.942
C4 N3 H6 119.512 H7 C4 H8 107.919
H7 C4 H9 107.919 H8 C4 H9 108.479
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.354      
2 O -0.436      
3 N -0.439      
4 C -0.238      
5 H 0.064      
6 H 0.268      
7 H 0.145      
8 H 0.141      
9 H 0.141      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.727 2.776 0.000 3.891
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.729 3.661 0.000
y 3.661 -24.087 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.524
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.424 3.661 0.000
y 3.661 1.040 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.384
Polar
3z2-r20.768
x2-y2-1.642
xy3.661
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.752 -1.152 0.000
y -1.152 5.911 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.070


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 89.901
(<r2>)1/2 9.482

Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C3
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.957360
Energy at 298.15K-208.963364
HF Energy-208.957360
Nuclear repulsion energy118.344964
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
1.47510 0.14368 0.13430

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.958950
Energy at 298.15K-208.964978
HF Energy-208.958950
Nuclear repulsion energy120.618163
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3557 3508 14.08      
2 A 3098 3055 0.81      
3 A 3038 2996 28.87      
4 A 2976 2935 45.53      
5 A 2868 2828 127.11      
6 A 1766 1742 258.71      
7 A 1513 1492 62.43      
8 A 1464 1444 7.42      
9 A 1451 1431 39.59      
10 A 1391 1372 20.46      
11 A 1381 1362 1.40      
12 A 1190 1174 62.70      
13 A 1121 1106 22.92      
14 A 1117 1102 0.30      
15 A 969 956 0.03      
16 A 955 942 17.65      
17 A 749 739 0.02      
18 A 530 523 44.05      
19 A 292 288 13.39      
20 A 263 260 69.39      
21 A 105 103 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15895.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15678.0 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.65276 0.20278 0.15947

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.867 0.442 0.005
O2 1.387 -0.675 -0.001
N3 -0.480 0.662 -0.020
C4 -1.427 -0.447 0.005
H5 1.453 1.392 0.016
H6 -0.820 1.617 0.055
H7 -2.433 -0.069 -0.221
H8 -1.139 -1.192 -0.752
H9 -1.440 -0.949 0.987

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.23181.36472.45941.11682.05633.34712.69522.8665
O21.23182.29622.82312.06783.18213.87462.68583.0069
N31.36472.29621.45792.06671.01662.09542.09892.1282
C42.45942.82311.45793.41672.15141.09881.10031.1034
H51.11682.06782.06673.41672.28464.15883.73953.8459
H62.05633.18211.01662.15142.28462.34972.93952.7992
H73.34713.87462.09541.09884.15882.34971.79391.7950
H82.69522.68582.09891.10033.73952.93951.79391.7816
H92.86653.00692.12821.10343.84592.79921.79501.7816

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 121.191 C1 N3 H6 118.703
O2 C1 N3 124.265 O2 C1 H5 123.326
N3 C1 H5 112.403 N3 C4 H7 109.280
N3 C4 H8 109.470 N3 C4 H9 111.635
C4 N3 H6 119.718 H7 C4 H8 109.321
H7 C4 H9 109.200 H8 C4 H9 107.899
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.349      
2 O -0.433      
3 N -0.451      
4 C -0.242      
5 H 0.070      
6 H 0.261      
7 H 0.136      
8 H 0.174      
9 H 0.136      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.843 2.378 0.000 3.706
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.149 2.167 -0.000
y 2.167 -21.853 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 -24.536
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.954 2.167 -0.000
y 2.167 2.989 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 -1.035
Polar
3z2-r2-2.070
x2-y2-3.295
xy2.167
xz-0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.318 -0.048 0.000
y -0.048 5.118 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.053


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.946
(<r2>)1/2 8.885