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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.569063
Energy at 298.15K-208.575044
HF Energy-207.958025
Nuclear repulsion energy119.193661
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3678 3452 35.71      
2 A' 3196 3000 16.92      
3 A' 3101 2911 45.24      
4 A' 3045 2858 72.28      
5 A' 1889 1773 500.19      
6 A' 1590 1493 19.89      
7 A' 1547 1452 22.49      
8 A' 1527 1433 7.66      
9 A' 1452 1363 13.98      
10 A' 1351 1268 124.16      
11 A' 1210 1136 31.18      
12 A' 1048 983 46.57      
13 A' 628 590 16.47      
14 A' 355 333 8.62      
15 A" 3168 2974 28.77      
16 A" 1543 1448 5.63      
17 A" 1186 1113 0.81      
18 A" 1070 1004 0.03      
19 A" 602 565 155.94      
20 A" 193 181 1.83      
21 A" 59 56 2.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16717.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15691.2 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
1.48999 0.14577 0.13621

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.282 -0.759 0.000
O2 1.403 -1.229 0.000
N3 0.000 0.570 0.000
C4 -1.335 1.133 0.000
H5 -0.627 -1.388 0.000
H6 0.802 1.186 0.000
H7 -2.060 0.315 0.000
H8 -1.511 1.745 0.891
H9 -1.511 1.745 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.21581.35822.48881.10542.01292.57633.20523.2052
O21.21582.28143.61642.03622.48883.79174.25754.2575
N31.35822.28141.44912.05571.01092.07552.11072.1107
C42.48883.61641.44912.61862.13741.09281.09461.0946
H51.10542.03622.05572.61862.94362.22573.37453.3745
H62.01292.48881.01092.13742.94362.99102.53992.5399
H72.57633.79172.07551.09282.22572.99101.77171.7717
H83.20524.25752.11071.09463.37452.53991.77171.7813
H93.20524.25752.11071.09463.37452.53991.77171.7813

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 124.853 C1 N3 H6 115.562
O2 C1 N3 124.739 O2 C1 H5 122.550
N3 C1 H5 112.711 N3 C4 H7 108.667
N3 C4 H8 111.394 N3 C4 H9 111.394
C4 N3 H6 119.585 H7 C4 H8 108.182
H7 C4 H9 108.182 H8 C4 H9 108.916
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C3
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.569063
Energy at 298.15K-208.575044
HF Energy-207.958025
Nuclear repulsion energy119.193661
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 MP3/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP3/6-31G*
ABC
1.48999 0.14577 0.13621

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (C1 cis)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.571076
Energy at 298.15K-208.577009
HF Energy-207.959731
Nuclear repulsion energy121.593639
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 MP3/6-31G*
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 3705 3478 37.86      
2 A 3229 3031 5.44      
3 A 3186 2990 24.32      
4 A 3109 2918 33.88      
5 A 3057 2869 99.05      
6 A 1876 1761 334.03      
7 A 1607 1508 138.93      
8 A 1564 1468 15.91      
9 A 1547 1452 24.05      
10 A 1503 1411 13.60      
11 A 1473 1382 5.38      
12 A 1281 1202 70.68      
13 A 1203 1130 0.27      
14 A 1186 1113 11.77      
15 A 1055 990 1.12      
16 A 1007 945 17.58      
17 A 792 743 6.59      
18 A 497 467 42.99      
19 A 299 281 13.49      
20 A 239 225 115.68      
21 A 39 36 0.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16726.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15699.1 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.65175 0.20884 0.16311

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.863 0.434 0.008
O2 1.383 -0.667 -0.001
N3 -0.476 0.656 -0.034
C4 -1.426 -0.441 0.008
H5 1.452 1.367 0.029
H6 -0.806 1.600 0.095
H7 -2.361 -0.127 -0.461
H8 -1.007 -1.280 -0.548
H9 -1.629 -0.770 1.033

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.21721.35772.45111.10422.03843.30612.59652.9513
O21.21722.28162.81822.03563.15293.81052.52703.1856
N31.35772.28161.45292.05591.00832.08612.07262.1223
C42.45112.81821.45293.39992.13551.09181.09011.0955
H51.10422.03562.05593.39992.27164.12523.65903.8821
H62.03843.15291.00832.13552.27162.38982.95782.6788
H73.30613.81052.08611.09184.12522.38981.78041.7837
H82.59652.52702.07261.09013.65902.95781.78041.7738
H92.95133.18562.12231.09553.88212.67881.78371.7738

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 121.359 C1 N3 H6 118.224
O2 C1 N3 124.685 O2 C1 H5 122.462
N3 C1 H5 112.842 N3 C4 H7 109.302
N3 C4 H8 108.336 N3 C4 H9 112.014
C4 N3 H6 119.270 H7 C4 H8 109.376
H7 C4 H9 109.271 H8 C4 H9 108.504
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability