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All results from a given calculation for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.961930
Energy at 298.15K-208.967510
Nuclear repulsion energy120.574565
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 3636 3584 21.33      
2 A 3505 3455 18.33      
3 A 3090 3046 8.71      
4 A 3080 3036 15.33      
5 A 3001 2958 8.47      
6 A 1765 1740 272.06      
7 A 1594 1571 91.46      
8 A 1473 1452 8.35      
9 A 1455 1434 6.62      
10 A 1374 1354 55.47      
11 A 1322 1303 104.39      
12 A 1097 1082 0.16      
13 A 1028 1013 7.29      
14 A 957 944 4.63      
15 A 828 816 3.06      
16 A 661 652 14.25      
17 A 524 516 13.53      
18 A 505 498 8.94      
19 A 417 411 4.44      
20 A 157 155 222.50      
21 A 56 55 8.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15761.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15535.8 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
0.35423 0.30516 0.16921

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.372 -0.331 0.000
C2 0.078 0.148 -0.002
N3 1.024 -0.851 -0.026
O4 0.381 1.341 0.004
H5 -1.905 0.161 -0.828
H6 -1.489 -1.423 -0.098
H7 -1.853 -0.004 0.937
H8 2.002 -0.578 0.057
H9 0.788 -1.832 0.089

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52692.45202.42241.10141.10251.10253.38292.6314
C21.52691.37601.23092.14872.22082.15252.05672.1052
N32.45201.37602.28433.20192.57863.15001.01791.0159
O42.42241.23092.28432.70403.33852.76952.51223.2001
H51.10142.14873.20192.70401.79331.77334.07373.4737
H61.10252.22082.57863.33851.79331.79343.59472.3206
H71.10252.15253.15002.76951.77331.79343.99513.3217
H83.38292.05671.01792.51224.07373.59473.99511.7457
H92.63142.10521.01593.20013.47372.32063.32171.7457

picture of Acetamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 115.179 C1 C2 O4 122.526
C2 C1 H5 108.592 C2 C1 H6 114.292
C2 C1 H7 108.818 C2 N3 H8 117.664
C2 N3 H9 122.602 N3 C2 O4 122.292
H5 C1 H6 108.917 H5 C1 H7 107.141
H6 C1 H7 108.846 H8 N3 H9 118.257
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 -0.576      
2 C 0.536      
3 N -0.715      
4 O -0.462      
5 H 0.201      
6 H 0.152      
7 H 0.197      
8 H 0.337      
9 H 0.329      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.024 -3.586 0.324 3.600
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.095 -2.394 0.419
y -2.394 -25.199 -0.490
z 0.419 -0.490 -24.562
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.785 -2.394 0.419
y -2.394 -2.870 -0.490
z 0.419 -0.490 -1.915
Polar
3z2-r2-3.830
x2-y25.104
xy-2.394
xz0.419
yz-0.490


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.326 -0.239 0.004
y -0.239 5.542 -0.006
z 0.004 -0.006 2.970


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.855
(<r2>)1/2 8.709