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All results from a given calculation for NH2CONH2 (Urea)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-225.260458
Energy at 298.15K-225.266671
HF Energy-225.260458
Nuclear repulsion energy123.264775
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 B3LYP/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 3671 3526 21.85      
2 A 3562 3420 1.62      
3 A 1840 1767 355.59      
4 A 1660 1594 0.01      
5 A 1198 1150 3.55      
6 A 955 917 6.29      
7 A 630 605 98.05      
8 A 473 454 2.48      
9 A 395 379 69.65      
10 B 3671 3526 26.48      
11 B 3557 3416 33.41      
12 B 1663 1597 180.45      
13 B 1427 1370 201.29      
14 B 1065 1023 25.25      
15 B 789 758 132.51      
16 B 588 565 222.53      
17 B 557 535 108.14      
18 B 457 439 64.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14078.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13519.8 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.36942 0.34381 0.17990

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/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 1.365
N3 -0.131 1.157 -0.617
N4 0.131 -1.157 -0.617
H5 0.000 1.996 -0.067
H6 0.348 1.178 -1.509
H7 0.000 -1.996 -0.067
H8 -0.348 -1.178 -1.509

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.22011.39141.39142.00712.06032.00712.0603
O21.22012.29862.29862.45633.12572.45633.1257
N31.39142.29862.32851.01191.01283.20312.5088
N41.39142.29862.32853.20312.50881.01191.0128
H52.00712.45631.01193.20311.69453.99183.5035
H62.06033.12571.01282.50881.69453.50352.4562
H72.00712.45633.20311.01193.99183.50351.6945
H82.06033.12572.50881.01283.50352.45621.6945

picture of Urea state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 112.303 C1 N3 H6 117.077
C1 N4 H7 112.303 C1 N4 H8 117.077
O2 C1 N3 123.201 O2 C1 N4 123.201
N3 C1 N4 113.599 H5 N3 H6 113.629
H7 N4 H8 113.629
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.657      
2 O -0.500      
3 N -0.743      
4 N -0.743      
5 H 0.340      
6 H 0.325      
7 H 0.340      
8 H 0.325      


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 -3.491 3.491
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 -3.523 3.523
AIM 0.000 0.000 0.963 0.963
ESP 0.007 -0.006 -3.507 3.507


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.982 2.795 0.000
y 2.795 -16.925 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.685
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.177 2.795 0.000
y 2.795 7.909 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.732
Polar
3z2-r2-7.463
x2-y2-8.057
xy2.795
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.055 -0.092 0.000
y -0.092 4.653 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.797


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.750
(<r2>)1/2 8.292

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-225.258278
Energy at 298.15K-225.264034
HF Energy-225.258278
Nuclear repulsion energy123.311578
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 B3LYP/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' 3702 3555 23.00      
2 A' 3588 3445 8.10      
3 A' 1829 1757 376.54      
4 A' 1668 1601 15.74      
5 A' 1191 1143 3.87      
6 A' 963 925 8.42      
7 A' 767 737 46.70      
8 A' 552 530 56.95      
9 A' 486 467 69.83      
10 A' 429 412 328.71      
11 A" 3699 3553 34.52      
12 A" 3577 3435 30.28      
13 A" 1652 1586 193.30      
14 A" 1432 1375 208.31      
15 A" 1028 987 22.57      
16 A" 571 548 28.95      
17 A" 434 417 87.77      
18 A" 175 168 38.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13870.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13320.1 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.37268 0.34233 0.17941

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.008 0.141 0.000
O2 0.039 1.362 0.000
N3 0.039 -0.606 1.167
N4 0.039 -0.606 -1.167
H5 -0.165 -0.070 1.998
H6 -0.294 -1.560 1.174
H7 -0.165 -0.070 -1.998
H8 -0.294 -1.560 -1.174

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.22191.38611.38612.01672.08882.01672.0888
O21.22192.28842.28842.46683.16702.46683.1670
N31.38612.28842.33451.01001.01063.21712.5504
N41.38612.28842.33453.21712.55041.01001.0106
H52.01672.46681.01003.21711.70783.99643.5075
H62.08883.16701.01062.55041.70783.50752.3487
H72.01672.46683.21711.01003.99643.50751.7078
H82.08883.16702.55041.01063.50752.34871.7078

picture of Urea state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 113.717 C1 N3 H6 120.474
C1 N4 H7 113.717 C1 N4 H8 120.474
O2 C1 N3 122.549 O2 C1 N4 122.549
N3 C1 N4 114.737 H5 N3 H6 115.390
H7 N4 H8 115.390
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.679      
2 O -0.512      
3 N -0.742      
4 N -0.742      
5 H 0.342      
6 H 0.316      
7 H 0.342      
8 H 0.316      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.851 -3.845 0.000 4.268
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.917 1.881 0.000
y 1.881 -24.040 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.002
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.396 1.881 0.000
y 1.881 -3.080 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.476
Polar
3z2-r214.952
x2-y2-0.877
xy1.881
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.945 0.178 0.000
y 0.178 4.825 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.680


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.797
(<r2>)1/2 8.294

Conformer 3 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-225.257325
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-225.257325
Nuclear repulsion energy123.475357
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 B3LYP/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 3750 3601 36.23      
2 A1 3625 3482 5.42      
3 A1 1824 1752 416.33      
4 A1 1649 1584 1.93      
5 A1 1154 1108 0.25      
6 A1 975 936 7.15      
7 A1 478 459 3.42      
8 A2 372 357 0.00      
9 A2 443i 425i 0.00      
10 B1 767 737 13.78      
11 B1 572 549 10.52      
12 B1 330i 317i 561.58      
13 B2 3748 3599 46.13      
14 B2 3615 3472 51.49      
15 B2 1642 1577 269.97      
16 B2 1436 1379 222.13      
17 B2 991 952 12.84      
18 B2 561 539 14.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13193.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12669.3 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.37314 0.34483 0.17921

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.142
O2 0.000 0.000 1.366
N3 0.000 1.161 -0.599
N4 0.000 -1.161 -0.599
H5 0.000 2.028 -0.088
H6 0.000 1.192 -1.606
H7 0.000 -2.028 -0.088
H8 0.000 -1.192 -1.606

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.22341.37761.37762.04102.11612.04102.1161
O21.22342.28252.28252.49523.20212.49523.2021
N31.37762.28252.32151.00681.00733.22952.5587
N41.37762.28252.32153.22952.55871.00681.0073
H52.04102.49521.00683.22951.73364.05593.5596
H62.11613.20211.00732.55871.73363.55962.3831
H72.04102.49523.22951.00684.05593.55961.7336
H82.11613.20212.55871.00733.55962.38311.7336

picture of Urea state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 116.875 C1 N3 H6 124.337
C1 N4 H7 116.875 C1 N4 H8 124.337
O2 C1 N3 122.586 O2 C1 N4 122.586
N3 C1 N4 114.827 H5 N3 H6 118.788
H7 N4 H8 118.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.725      
2 O -0.528      
3 N -0.768      
4 N -0.768      
5 H 0.347      
6 H 0.323      
7 H 0.347      
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 -4.261 4.261
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.366 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.073 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.369
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.645 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.295 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.649
Polar
3z2-r2-5.299
x2-y2-9.293
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.805 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.653 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.789


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 68.674
(<r2>)1/2 8.287