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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no Planar 1A'
1 2 yes Non-Planar 1A

Conformer 1 (Planar)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.405380
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.928186
Nuclear repulsion energy70.891416
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3778 3560 55.64      
2 A' 3636 3426 57.07      
3 A' 3048 2872 101.03      
4 A' 1843 1736 332.50      
5 A' 1654 1558 67.34      
6 A' 1456 1372 4.36      
7 A' 1310 1234 99.99      
8 A' 1074 1012 3.88      
9 A' 567 534 11.38      
10 A" 1058 997 0.73      
11 A" 655 617 21.07      
12 A" 115i 109i 301.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9981.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9404.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.43485 0.37536 0.32522

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.422 0.000
O2 1.207 0.223 0.000
N3 -0.947 -0.555 0.000
H4 -0.442 1.434 0.000
H5 -0.653 -1.522 0.000
H6 -1.933 -0.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.22361.36061.10462.05032.0776
O21.22362.29072.04642.55053.1902
N31.36062.29072.05211.01061.0084
H41.10462.04642.05212.96332.3176
H52.05032.55051.01062.96331.7413
H62.07763.19021.00842.31761.7413

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 118.949 C1 N3 H6 121.860
O2 C1 N3 124.769 O2 C1 H4 122.951
N3 C1 H4 112.279 H5 N3 H6 119.190
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.405387
Energy at 298.15K-169.409067
HF Energy-168.928124
Nuclear repulsion energy70.878667
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 MP2=FULL/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 3770 3552 52.26      
2 A 3630 3420 53.13      
3 A 3048 2872 99.92      
4 A 1841 1735 323.64      
5 A 1657 1561 64.94      
6 A 1457 1373 3.95      
7 A 1310 1235 98.86      
8 A 1082 1019 4.09      
9 A 1055 994 0.74      
10 A 649 612 30.37      
11 A 567 534 11.16      
12 A 212 200 304.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10138.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9552.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.42496 0.37541 0.32543

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.158 0.392 0.001
O2 1.202 -0.246 0.005
N3 -1.088 -0.160 -0.031
H4 0.129 1.496 -0.001
H5 -1.168 -1.163 0.062
H6 -1.912 0.405 0.110

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.22361.36231.10462.04472.0722
O21.22362.29162.04582.54263.1827
N31.36232.29162.05471.01121.0089
H41.10462.04582.05472.95952.3165
H52.04472.54261.01122.95951.7362
H62.07223.18271.00892.31651.7362

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 118.207 C1 N3 H6 121.113
O2 C1 N3 124.708 O2 C1 H4 122.896
N3 C1 H4 112.380 H5 N3 H6 118.510
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability