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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

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)

Jump to S1C2 S1C3
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.583488
Energy at 298.15K-208.589443
HF Energy-207.956976
Nuclear repulsion energy118.801865
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 QCISD/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' 3635 3461 30.89      
2 A' 3158 3008 19.36      
3 A' 3065 2919 49.04      
4 A' 3009 2865 78.76      
5 A' 1834 1746 438.27      
6 A' 1576 1501 14.77      
7 A' 1523 1450 19.38      
8 A' 1514 1442 5.34      
9 A' 1435 1367 12.92      
10 A' 1337 1273 114.73      
11 A' 1196 1139 32.82      
12 A' 1036 987 44.16      
13 A' 618 589 15.32      
14 A' 351 334 8.42      
15 A" 3129 2980 32.12      
16 A" 1532 1459 5.03      
17 A" 1176 1120 0.86      
18 A" 1054 1004 0.04      
19 A" 600 571 151.30      
20 A" 190 181 1.86      
21 A" 59 56 2.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16514.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15726.3 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
1.48492 0.14474 0.13529

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.279 -0.762 0.000
O2 1.405 -1.239 0.000
N3 0.000 0.571 0.000
C4 -1.334 1.142 0.000
H5 -0.635 -1.388 0.000
H6 0.807 1.184 0.000
H7 -2.064 0.325 0.000
H8 -1.507 1.756 0.893
H9 -1.507 1.756 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22331.36152.49551.10772.01652.58313.21333.2133
O21.22332.29123.62972.04592.49593.80594.27174.2717
N31.36152.29121.45162.05891.01372.07892.11482.1148
C42.49553.62971.45162.62452.14191.09531.09711.0971
H51.10772.04592.05892.62452.94872.23083.38223.3822
H62.01652.49591.01372.14192.94872.99712.54522.5452
H72.58313.80592.07891.09532.23082.99711.77611.7761
H83.21334.27172.11481.09713.38222.54521.77611.7854
H93.21334.27172.11481.09713.38222.54521.77611.7854

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 124.988 C1 N3 H6 115.424
O2 C1 N3 124.768 O2 C1 H5 122.653
N3 C1 H5 112.580 N3 C4 H7 108.616
N3 C4 H8 111.391 N3 C4 H9 111.391
C4 N3 H6 119.588 H7 C4 H8 108.214
H7 C4 H9 108.214 H8 C4 H9 108.911
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C3
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.583488
Energy at 298.15K-208.589443
HF Energy-207.956976
Nuclear repulsion energy118.801865
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 QCISD/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
1.48492 0.14474 0.13529

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.585459
Energy at 298.15K-208.591403
HF Energy-207.958685
Nuclear repulsion energy121.149219
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 QCISD/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 3659 3484 29.31      
2 A 3195 3042 4.47      
3 A 3141 2991 29.21      
4 A 3069 2923 39.32      
5 A 3018 2874 107.96      
6 A 1822 1735 290.69      
7 A 1594 1518 113.75      
8 A 1552 1478 15.99      
9 A 1538 1465 30.07      
10 A 1489 1418 15.39      
11 A 1451 1382 6.38      
12 A 1263 1203 75.04      
13 A 1191 1135 0.46      
14 A 1177 1121 13.92      
15 A 1039 989 1.19      
16 A 994 946 16.82      
17 A 780 743 4.53      
18 A 504 480 45.44      
19 A 301 287 13.16      
20 A 239 228 108.79      
21 A 48 46 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16531.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15743.1 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.65128 0.20623 0.16151

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.864 0.436 0.008
O2 1.396 -0.666 -0.001
N3 -0.480 0.654 -0.033
C4 -1.435 -0.443 0.008
H5 1.445 1.378 0.030
H6 -0.811 1.601 0.086
H7 -2.326 -0.175 -0.569
H8 -0.961 -1.318 -0.441
H9 -1.731 -0.692 1.036

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22421.36172.46091.10692.04233.29902.57103.0102
O21.22422.29382.83952.04493.16593.79722.48473.2941
N31.36172.29381.45462.05771.01122.09382.07072.1257
C42.46092.83951.45463.40732.13851.09511.09231.0983
H51.10692.04492.05773.40732.26864.12263.64443.9222
H62.04233.16591.01122.13852.26862.42482.97092.6473
H73.29903.79722.09381.09514.12262.42481.78551.7878
H82.57102.48472.07071.09233.64442.97091.78551.7793
H93.01023.29412.12571.09833.92222.64731.78781.7793

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 121.771 C1 N3 H6 118.033
O2 C1 N3 124.926 O2 C1 H5 122.542
N3 C1 H5 112.521 N3 C4 H7 109.608
N3 C4 H8 107.939 N3 C4 H9 111.988
C4 N3 H6 119.196 H7 C4 H8 109.429
H7 C4 H9 109.198 H8 C4 H9 108.637
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability