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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.412942
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.928296
Nuclear repulsion energy70.901186
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 QCISD/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' 3757 3578 43.91      
2 A' 3624 3451 47.03      
3 A' 3023 2878 97.10      
4 A' 1842 1754 356.05      
5 A' 1656 1577 69.03      
6 A' 1452 1383 5.72      
7 A' 1306 1244 109.65      
8 A' 1077 1025 3.91      
9 A' 569 542 12.68      
10 A" 1057 1007 0.16      
11 A" 643 613 20.91      
12 A" 191i 182i 304.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9907.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9434.7 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
2.42930 0.37574 0.32541

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 1.205 0.237 0.000
N3 -0.944 -0.566 0.000
H4 -0.454 1.433 0.000
H5 -0.646 -1.533 0.000
H6 -1.932 -0.359 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.21871.36521.10922.05732.0834
O21.21872.29392.04462.56083.1931
N31.36522.29392.05761.01191.0098
H41.10922.04462.05762.97172.3225
H52.05732.56081.01192.97171.7417
H62.08343.19311.00982.32251.7417

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.126 C1 N3 H6 121.902
O2 C1 N3 125.089 O2 C1 H4 122.809
N3 C1 H4 112.102 H5 N3 H6 118.972
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.413005
Energy at 298.15K-169.416752
HF Energy-168.928174
Nuclear repulsion energy70.866548
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 QCISD/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 3738 3560 38.05      
2 A 3609 3437 40.02      
3 A 3023 2878 95.62      
4 A 1844 1756 338.08      
5 A 1661 1582 64.54      
6 A 1454 1384 5.01      
7 A 1305 1243 105.41      
8 A 1090 1038 5.00      
9 A 1053 1003 0.45      
10 A 634 604 39.34      
11 A 568 541 12.43      
12 A 266 253 309.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10122.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9639.9 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
2.41352 0.37547 0.32557

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.160 0.392 0.001
O2 1.200 -0.247 0.006
N3 -1.090 -0.159 -0.043
H4 0.137 1.498 0.000
H5 -1.166 -1.160 0.086
H6 -1.905 0.406 0.151

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.22071.36641.10672.04332.0703
O21.22072.29192.04352.53763.1761
N31.36642.29192.06241.01241.0104
H41.10672.04352.06242.96222.3209
H52.04332.53761.01242.96221.7326
H62.07033.17611.01042.32091.7326

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 117.635 C1 N3 H6 120.423
O2 C1 N3 124.635 O2 C1 H4 122.741
N3 C1 H4 112.598 H5 N3 H6 117.857
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability