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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (Planar)

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.304141
Energy at 298.15K-168.308085
HF Energy-167.981462
Nuclear repulsion energy69.934859
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 MP2/3-21G
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' 3702 3534 33.05      
2 A' 3563 3401 40.30      
3 A' 3000 2864 115.82      
4 A' 1737 1658 236.78      
5 A' 1697 1620 19.88      
6 A' 1475 1408 10.02      
7 A' 1272 1214 108.95      
8 A' 1062 1014 11.07      
9 A' 572 546 8.94      
10 A" 1089 1039 0.07      
11 A" 650 620 98.09      
12 A" 425 406 300.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10122.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9661.4 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
2.42307 0.36190 0.31487

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 1.232 0.225 0.000
N3 -0.967 -0.558 0.000
H4 -0.452 1.428 0.000
H5 -0.686 -1.531 0.000
H6 -1.952 -0.331 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.24801.37751.10162.07142.0925
O21.24802.33462.06912.60133.2323
N31.37752.33462.05171.01291.0105
H41.10162.06912.05172.96852.3120
H52.07142.60131.01292.96851.7439
H62.09253.23231.01052.31201.7439

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.329 C1 N3 H6 121.620
O2 C1 N3 125.472 O2 C1 H4 123.312
N3 C1 H4 111.217 H5 N3 H6 119.050
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.304141
Energy at 298.15K-168.308086
HF Energy-167.981459
Nuclear repulsion energy69.937681
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 MP2/3-21G
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 3702 3534 33.15      
2 A 3562 3400 40.27      
3 A 3000 2863 115.81      
4 A 1737 1658 236.54      
5 A 1697 1619 20.11      
6 A 1475 1408 10.10      
7 A 1273 1215 108.78      
8 A 1089 1039 0.08      
9 A 1063 1014 10.94      
10 A 651 621 98.44      
11 A 572 546 8.97      
12 A 425 406 300.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10122.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9661.8 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
2.42259 0.36198 0.31492

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.156 0.393 -0.000
O2 1.229 -0.244 0.000
N3 -1.104 -0.163 -0.000
H4 0.106 1.494 -0.000
H5 -1.201 -1.171 0.000
H6 -1.937 0.410 0.001

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.24811.37731.10162.07082.0924
O21.24812.33442.06912.60043.2322
N31.37732.33442.05181.01301.0105
H41.10162.06912.05182.96832.3124
H52.07082.60041.01302.96831.7442
H62.09243.23221.01052.31241.7442

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.290 C1 N3 H6 121.637
O2 C1 N3 125.462 O2 C1 H4 123.301
N3 C1 H4 111.237 H5 N3 H6 119.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability