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All results from a given calculation for NH2CONH2 (Urea)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2 1A
1 2 no CS 1A'
1 3 no C2V 1A1

Conformer 1 (C2)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-225.006421
Energy at 298.15K-225.012545
HF Energy-225.006421
Nuclear repulsion energy122.520732
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 3588 3537 15.52      
2 A 3473 3424 0.37      
3 A 1793 1768 304.78      
4 A 1608 1585 0.03      
5 A 1160 1144 2.64      
6 A 931 918 4.73      
7 A 624 615 97.19      
8 A 455 448 3.08      
9 A 384 379 62.15      
10 B 3588 3536 25.65      
11 B 3469 3419 22.09      
12 B 1610 1587 169.42      
13 B 1390 1370 179.58      
14 B 1029 1014 23.50      
15 B 759 748 120.59      
16 B 575 567 243.41      
17 B 536 528 77.92      
18 B 449 442 57.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13710.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13514.8 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
0.36368 0.34106 0.17793

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

Point Group is C2

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.145
O2 0.000 0.000 1.375
N3 0.000 1.169 -0.623
N4 0.000 -1.169 -0.623
H5 0.242 1.987 -0.064
H6 0.494 1.132 -1.515
H7 -0.242 -1.987 -0.064
H8 -0.494 -1.132 -1.515

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.22991.39881.39882.01232.06952.01232.0695
O21.22992.31482.31482.46523.14312.46523.1431
N31.39882.31482.33821.01931.02083.21402.5172
N41.39882.31482.33823.21402.51721.01931.0208
H52.01232.46521.01933.21401.70264.00283.5177
H62.06953.14311.02082.51721.70263.51772.4708
H72.01232.46523.21401.01934.00283.51771.7026
H82.06953.14312.51721.02083.51772.47081.7026

picture of Urea state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 111.689 C1 N3 H6 116.724
C1 N4 H7 111.689 C1 N4 H8 116.724
O2 C1 N3 123.302 O2 C1 N4 123.302
N3 C1 N4 113.396 H5 N3 H6 113.145
H7 N4 H8 113.145
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 0.597      
2 O -0.467      
3 N -0.726      
4 N -0.726      
5 H 0.338      
6 H 0.323      
7 H 0.338      
8 H 0.323      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -3.367 3.367
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.279 3.733 0.000
y 3.733 -17.712 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.520
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.163 3.733 0.000
y 3.733 6.687 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.524
Polar
3z2-r2-7.048
x2-y2-6.567
xy3.733
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.142 0.232 0.000
y 0.232 4.934 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.328
(<r2>)1/2 8.326

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-225.004189
Energy at 298.15K-225.009945
HF Energy-225.004189
Nuclear repulsion energy122.549913
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' 3615 3563 15.08      
2 A' 3496 3446 6.11      
3 A' 1784 1759 318.63      
4 A' 1618 1595 18.16      
5 A' 1158 1141 3.30      
6 A' 939 925 6.52      
7 A' 738 727 37.67      
8 A' 543 536 83.79      
9 A' 480 473 146.54      
10 A' 439 432 184.78      
11 A" 3613 3561 34.78      
12 A" 3485 3435 17.04      
13 A" 1602 1579 178.37      
14 A" 1395 1375 181.64      
15 A" 996 982 22.67      
16 A" 552 544 32.69      
17 A" 432 425 107.14      
18 A" 206 203 30.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13544.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13350.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.36714 0.33910 0.17742

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.006 0.141 0.000
O2 0.044 1.372 0.000
N3 0.044 -0.612 1.173
N4 0.044 -0.612 -1.173
H5 -0.179 -0.065 2.002
H6 -0.320 -1.563 1.180
H7 -0.179 -0.065 -2.002
H8 -0.320 -1.563 -1.180

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.23151.39401.39402.02092.09832.02092.0983
O21.23152.30422.30422.47433.18422.47433.1842
N31.39402.30422.34561.01751.01883.22902.5639
N41.39402.30422.34563.22902.56391.01751.0188
H52.02092.47431.01753.22901.71454.00383.5197
H62.09833.18421.01882.56391.71453.51972.3599
H72.02092.47433.22901.01754.00383.51971.7145
H82.09833.18422.56391.01883.51972.35991.7145

picture of Urea state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 112.940 C1 N3 H6 120.034
C1 N4 H7 112.940 C1 N4 H8 120.034
O2 C1 N3 122.599 O2 C1 N4 122.599
N3 C1 N4 114.563 H5 N3 H6 114.705
H7 N4 H8 114.705
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 0.616      
2 O -0.478      
3 N -0.722      
4 N -0.722      
5 H 0.340      
6 H 0.313      
7 H 0.340      
8 H 0.313      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.953 -3.681 0.000 4.167
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.945 2.001 0.000
y 2.001 -23.921 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.059
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.456 2.001 0.000
y 2.001 -2.919 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.375
Polar
3z2-r214.749
x2-y2-1.024
xy2.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.019 0.206 0.000
y 0.206 5.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.986


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.400
(<r2>)1/2 8.331

Conformer 3 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-225.002910
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-225.002910
Nuclear repulsion energy122.745192
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 A1 3672 3620 25.91      
2 A1 3542 3492 2.49      
3 A1 1782 1756 356.93      
4 A1 1597 1574 1.68      
5 A1 1116 1101 0.02      
6 A1 952 939 5.17      
7 A1 461 455 3.88      
8 A2 351 346 0.00      
9 A2 450i 443i 0.00      
10 B1 738 728 6.73      
11 B1 563 555 11.17      
12 B1 349i 344i 533.31      
13 B2 3670 3618 51.10      
14 B2 3531 3480 34.10      
15 B2 1592 1569 270.26      
16 B2 1402 1382 187.21      
17 B2 954 940 11.83      
18 B2 539 532 13.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12831.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12648.2 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.36787 0.34183 0.17719

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.143
O2 0.000 0.000 1.376
N3 0.000 1.166 -0.604
N4 0.000 -1.166 -0.604
H5 0.000 2.037 -0.086
H6 0.000 1.201 -1.618
H7 0.000 -2.037 -0.086
H8 0.000 -1.201 -1.618

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.23291.38411.38412.04982.13142.04982.1314
O21.23292.29712.29712.50723.22562.50723.2256
N31.38412.29712.33101.01361.01483.24402.5748
N41.38412.29712.33103.24402.57481.01361.0148
H52.04982.50721.01363.24401.74504.07393.5821
H62.13143.22561.01482.57481.74503.58212.4022
H72.04982.50723.24401.01364.07393.58211.7450
H82.13143.22562.57481.01483.58212.40221.7450

picture of Urea state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 116.652 C1 N3 H6 124.650
C1 N4 H7 116.652 C1 N4 H8 124.650
O2 C1 N3 122.639 O2 C1 N4 122.639
N3 C1 N4 114.721 H5 N3 H6 118.698
H7 N4 H8 118.698
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 0.672      
2 O -0.496      
3 N -0.752      
4 N -0.752      
5 H 0.345      
6 H 0.320      
7 H 0.345      
8 H 0.320      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -4.148 4.148
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.469 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -15.988 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.133
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.908 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.313 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.405
Polar
3z2-r2-4.809
x2-y2-9.480
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.843 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.956 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.024


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 69.264
(<r2>)1/2 8.323