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All results from a given calculation for HCONHCH3 (N-methylformamide)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS cis 1A'
1 3 yes C1 cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.195237
Energy at 298.15K-209.201211
HF Energy-209.195237
Nuclear repulsion energy118.062091
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 BLYP/6-311G**
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' 3485 3472 11.11      
2 A' 3030 3018 18.69      
3 A' 2941 2929 60.57      
4 A' 2808 2797 115.03      
5 A' 1728 1721 393.18      
6 A' 1491 1485 14.43      
7 A' 1433 1428 1.13      
8 A' 1425 1419 7.06      
9 A' 1353 1348 8.70      
10 A' 1249 1244 90.73      
11 A' 1110 1105 39.58      
12 A' 971 968 43.29      
13 A' 588 586 12.53      
14 A' 330 329 7.49      
15 A" 2982 2971 37.89      
16 A" 1449 1443 5.65      
17 A" 1112 1108 0.17      
18 A" 993 989 1.74      
19 A" 613 611 107.09      
20 A" 199 199 0.87      
21 A" 98 98 0.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15694.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15633.5 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
1.47585 0.14246 0.13324

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.287 -0.770 0.000
O2 1.412 -1.251 0.000
N3 0.000 0.575 0.000
C4 -1.344 1.153 0.000
H5 -0.645 -1.387 0.000
H6 0.808 1.195 0.000
H7 -2.077 0.335 0.000
H8 -1.520 1.770 0.895
H9 -1.520 1.770 -0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22401.37442.52111.11742.03302.60953.24283.2428
O21.22402.30783.65722.06152.51983.83304.30414.3041
N31.37442.30781.46332.06451.01882.09092.13092.1309
C42.52113.65721.46332.63422.15221.09801.10111.1011
H51.11742.06152.06452.63422.96272.24003.39613.3961
H62.03302.51981.01882.15222.96273.01042.55922.5592
H72.60953.83302.09091.09802.24003.01041.78031.7803
H83.24284.30412.13091.10113.39612.55921.78031.7893
H93.24284.30412.13091.10113.39612.55921.78031.7893

picture of N-methylformamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 C4 125.327 C1 N3 H6 115.509
O2 C1 N3 125.186 O2 C1 H5 123.332
N3 C1 H5 111.481 N3 C4 H7 108.599
N3 C4 H8 111.618 N3 C4 H9 111.618
C4 N3 H6 119.164 H7 C4 H8 108.100
H7 C4 H9 108.100 H8 C4 H9 108.684
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.223      
2 O -0.322      
3 N -0.333      
4 C -0.160      
5 H 0.039      
6 H 0.209      
7 H 0.107      
8 H 0.119      
9 H 0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.857 2.760 0.000 3.972
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.466 3.732 0.000
y 3.732 -24.605 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.944
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.691 3.732 0.000
y 3.732 1.099 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.592
Polar
3z2-r21.184
x2-y2-1.860
xy3.732
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.091 -1.110 0.000
y -1.110 6.195 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.420


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.805
(<r2>)1/2 9.529

Conformer 2 ()

Jump to S1C1 S1C3
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.195237
Energy at 298.15K-209.201211
HF Energy-209.195237
Nuclear repulsion energy118.062091
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 BLYP/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
1.47585 0.14246 0.13324

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (C1 cis)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.196980
Energy at 298.15K-209.202991
HF Energy-209.196980
Nuclear repulsion energy120.216295
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 BLYP/6-311G**
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 3512 3498 9.82      
2 A 3064 3052 2.41      
3 A 2994 2982 38.18      
4 A 2949 2938 49.54      
5 A 2823 2812 148.55      
6 A 1717 1710 271.95      
7 A 1505 1499 62.76      
8 A 1467 1461 6.69      
9 A 1449 1443 40.22      
10 A 1399 1394 21.91      
11 A 1375 1369 3.70      
12 A 1162 1157 82.84      
13 A 1125 1121 22.88      
14 A 1116 1112 0.61      
15 A 970 966 0.00      
16 A 914 911 14.65      
17 A 745 742 0.16      
18 A 531 529 41.01      
19 A 290 288 12.68      
20 A 260 259 64.82      
21 A 95 95 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15729.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15668.5 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.65527 0.19937 0.15748

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.874 0.437 0.004
O2 1.398 -0.676 -0.000
N3 -0.476 0.661 -0.019
C4 -1.445 -0.443 0.004
H5 1.462 1.383 0.016
H6 -0.808 1.618 0.055
H7 -2.444 -0.051 -0.220
H8 -1.174 -1.191 -0.751
H9 -1.466 -0.945 0.984

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22971.36902.48071.11362.05573.36152.72322.8891
O21.22972.30182.85252.05963.18253.89872.72803.0405
N31.36902.30181.46902.06851.01572.10232.11002.1365
C42.48072.85251.46903.43292.15801.09641.09711.1006
H51.11362.05962.06853.43292.28204.16753.76313.8639
H62.05573.18251.01572.15802.28202.35342.94552.8044
H73.36153.89872.10231.09644.16752.35341.78801.7898
H82.72322.72802.11001.09713.76312.94551.78801.7759
H92.88913.04052.13651.10063.86392.80441.78981.7759

picture of N-methylformamide state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 C4 121.840 C1 N3 H6 118.342
O2 C1 N3 124.603 O2 C1 H5 122.943
N3 C1 H5 112.449 N3 C4 H7 109.205
N3 C4 H8 109.775 N3 C4 H9 111.695
C4 N3 H6 119.449 H7 C4 H8 109.205
H7 C4 H9 109.103 H8 C4 H9 107.816
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.220      
2 O -0.330      
3 N -0.341      
4 C -0.174      
5 H 0.053      
6 H 0.208      
7 H 0.115      
8 H 0.132      
9 H 0.115      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.887 2.421 0.000 3.767
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.722 2.381 0.000
y 2.381 -22.539 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.961
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.972 2.381 0.000
y 2.381 2.802 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.831
Polar
3z2-r2-1.661
x2-y2-3.183
xy2.381
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.581 -0.035 0.000
y -0.035 5.496 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.403


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.052
(<r2>)1/2 8.947