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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G*

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/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-33.097499
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-32.621546
Nuclear repulsion energy39.832672
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/CEP-121G*
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' 3762 3584 45.63      
2 A' 3608 3438 49.42      
3 A' 3042 2898 101.88      
4 A' 1774 1690 412.92      
5 A' 1645 1567 43.00      
6 A' 1420 1353 5.43      
7 A' 1276 1215 115.36      
8 A' 1047 998 7.28      
9 A' 554 528 10.13      
10 A" 1022 974 7.13      
11 A" 635 605 13.32      
12 A" 296i 282i 291.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9743.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9283.5 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/CEP-121G*
ABC
2.39152 0.37038 0.32071

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.428 0.000
O2 1.216 0.221 0.000
N3 -0.955 -0.559 0.000
H4 -0.438 1.442 0.000
H5 -0.658 -1.527 0.000
H6 -1.942 -0.341 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.23311.37381.10492.06282.0886
O21.23312.30682.05602.56213.2070
N31.37382.30682.06721.01271.0103
H41.10492.05602.06722.97752.3325
H52.06282.56211.01272.97751.7482
H62.08863.20701.01032.33251.7482

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 118.843 C1 N3 H6 121.581
O2 C1 N3 124.386 O2 C1 H4 123.042
N3 C1 H4 112.572 H5 N3 H6 119.576
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-33.097779
Energy at 298.15K-33.101644
HF Energy-32.621492
Nuclear repulsion energy39.812943
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/CEP-121G*
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 3731 3555 35.43      
2 A 3586 3417 37.37      
3 A 3042 2899 99.34      
4 A 1774 1690 375.21      
5 A 1653 1575 41.94      
6 A 1424 1357 4.25      
7 A 1278 1218 105.88      
8 A 1069 1019 11.91      
9 A 1021 973 3.44      
10 A 624 595 54.16      
11 A 556 530 11.61      
12 A 384 365 296.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10071.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9596.1 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/CEP-121G*
ABC
2.36384 0.36992 0.32103

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.160 0.398 0.003
O2 1.208 -0.250 0.008
N3 -1.101 -0.162 -0.058
H4 0.137 1.503 -0.003
H5 -1.159 -1.160 0.116
H6 -1.899 0.403 0.207

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.23231.38111.10502.04452.0689
O21.23232.31192.05412.53863.1810
N31.38112.31192.07531.01461.0125
H41.10502.05412.07532.96372.3236
H52.04452.53861.01462.96371.7309
H62.06893.18101.01252.32361.7309

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 116.327 C1 N3 H6 118.807
O2 C1 N3 124.313 O2 C1 H4 122.915
N3 C1 H4 112.706 H5 N3 H6 117.276
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability