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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.435801
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.927959
Nuclear repulsion energy70.820882
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 CCSD(T)=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' 3733 3624        
2 A' 3598 3492        
3 A' 2996 2909        
4 A' 1834 1780        
5 A' 1646 1598        
6 A' 1444 1401        
7 A' 1299 1261        
8 A' 1069 1038        
9 A' 564 548        
10 A" 1045 1014        
11 A" 645 626        
12 A" 197i 191i        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9838.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9707) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9549.9 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.42554 0.37485 0.32467

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=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 0.226 0.000
N3 -0.947 -0.558 0.000
H4 -0.443 1.438 0.000
H5 -0.651 -1.527 0.000
H6 -1.935 -0.344 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.22291.36311.10832.05522.0809
O21.22292.29202.04782.55433.1928
N31.36312.29202.05891.01291.0107
H41.10832.04782.05892.97242.3238
H52.05522.55431.01292.97241.7455
H62.08093.19281.01072.32381.7455

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.027 C1 N3 H6 121.759
O2 C1 N3 124.741 O2 C1 H4 122.832
N3 C1 H4 112.427 H5 N3 H6 119.214
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.435881
Energy at 298.15K-169.439619
HF Energy-168.927819
Nuclear repulsion energy70.785163
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 CCSD(T)=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 3717 3608        
2 A 3585 3480        
3 A 2999 2911        
4 A 1834 1780        
5 A 1651 1603        
6 A 1445 1402        
7 A 1298 1260        
8 A 1082 1050        
9 A 1040 1009        
10 A 634 615        
11 A 563 547        
12 A 266 258        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10055.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9707) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9761.2 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
2.40732 0.37467 0.32488

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.160 0.392 0.002
O2 1.202 -0.247 0.007
N3 -1.091 -0.160 -0.043
H4 0.135 1.500 -0.001
H5 -1.166 -1.162 0.087
H6 -1.906 0.405 0.155

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.22241.36751.10812.04452.0720
O21.22242.29452.04722.53913.1793
N31.36752.29452.06351.01391.0118
H41.10812.04722.06352.96422.3217
H52.04452.53911.01392.96421.7349
H62.07203.17931.01182.32171.7349

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 117.533 C1 N3 H6 120.374
O2 C1 N3 124.638 O2 C1 H4 122.830
N3 C1 H4 112.503 H5 N3 H6 117.845
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability