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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.135311
Energy at 298.15K-209.141267
HF Energy-209.135311
Nuclear repulsion energy117.878555
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/6-31G**
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' 3498 3471 11.75      
2 A' 3051 3027 16.88      
3 A' 2954 2931 59.60      
4 A' 2835 2813 103.35      
5 A' 1749 1736 358.47      
6 A' 1501 1490 12.20      
7 A' 1438 1427 0.12      
8 A' 1433 1422 13.80      
9 A' 1363 1352 11.96      
10 A' 1254 1244 81.30      
11 A' 1119 1111 39.40      
12 A' 977 969 39.93      
13 A' 588 584 13.20      
14 A' 331 329 7.41      
15 A" 3002 2979 36.94      
16 A" 1457 1446 4.55      
17 A" 1119 1110 0.16      
18 A" 992 984 0.80      
19 A" 598 594 110.80      
20 A" 201 199 1.36      
21 A" 98 97 1.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15778.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15657.4 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
1.47150 0.14216 0.13294

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.281 -0.772 0.000
O2 1.412 -1.256 0.000
N3 0.000 0.574 0.000
C4 -1.340 1.159 0.000
H5 -0.654 -1.387 0.000
H6 0.813 1.191 0.000
H7 -2.078 0.343 0.000
H8 -1.515 1.779 0.896
H9 -1.515 1.779 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.23051.37552.52081.11872.03342.60893.24603.2460
O21.23052.31193.66112.07022.51873.83884.31094.3109
N31.37552.31191.46152.06721.02022.09052.13292.1329
C42.52083.66111.46152.63622.15301.10021.10351.1035
H51.11872.07022.06722.63622.96542.24033.40103.4010
H62.03342.51871.02022.15302.96543.01262.56322.5632
H72.60893.83882.09051.10022.24033.01261.78361.7836
H83.24604.31092.13291.10353.40102.56321.78361.7910
H93.24604.31092.13291.10353.40102.56321.78361.7910

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 125.355 C1 N3 H6 115.360
O2 C1 N3 124.944 O2 C1 H5 123.515
N3 C1 H5 111.540 N3 C4 H7 108.565
N3 C4 H8 111.757 N3 C4 H9 111.757
C4 N3 H6 119.285 H7 C4 H8 108.069
H7 C4 H9 108.069 H8 C4 H9 108.493
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.372      
2 O -0.438      
3 N -0.410      
4 C -0.159      
5 H 0.041      
6 H 0.245      
7 H 0.120      
8 H 0.114      
9 H 0.114      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.748 2.755 0.000 3.891
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.920 3.670 0.000
y 3.670 -24.221 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.529
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.545 3.670 0.000
y 3.670 1.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.541
Polar
3z2-r21.083
x2-y2-1.699
xy3.670
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.754 -1.151 0.000
y -1.151 5.932 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.052


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.695
(<r2>)1/2 9.523

Conformer 2 ()

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.135311
Energy at 298.15K-209.141267
HF Energy-209.135311
Nuclear repulsion energy117.878555
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/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
1.47150 0.14216 0.13294

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (C1 cis)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.136700
Energy at 298.15K-209.142657
HF Energy-209.136700
Nuclear repulsion energy120.052327
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/6-31G**
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 3519 3492 9.05      
2 A 3087 3064 1.93      
3 A 3014 2991 36.24      
4 A 2964 2941 49.12      
5 A 2850 2828 132.86      
6 A 1739 1725 250.90      
7 A 1511 1500 45.05      
8 A 1476 1464 5.87      
9 A 1457 1446 52.11      
10 A 1405 1394 19.19      
11 A 1389 1378 3.15      
12 A 1172 1163 83.51      
13 A 1126 1117 20.57      
14 A 1123 1115 0.52      
15 A 970 962 0.18      
16 A 925 918 13.16      
17 A 745 739 0.05      
18 A 525 521 40.76      
19 A 290 288 12.60      
20 A 247 246 67.02      
21 A 83 82 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15807.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15686.1 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.65184 0.19935 0.15728

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.873 0.441 0.005
O2 1.399 -0.677 -0.000
N3 -0.479 0.662 -0.020
C4 -1.442 -0.446 0.005
H5 1.459 1.390 0.016
H6 -0.815 1.620 0.057
H7 -2.446 -0.058 -0.216
H8 -1.167 -1.192 -0.755
H9 -1.458 -0.951 0.984

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.23491.37062.47891.11602.05963.36352.72102.8867
O21.23492.30662.85022.06813.19013.90002.72363.0346
N31.37062.30661.46802.07071.01752.10372.10952.1381
C42.47892.85021.46803.43312.15921.09831.09931.1028
H51.11602.06812.07073.43312.28554.17133.76273.8641
H62.05963.19011.01752.15922.28552.35612.94732.8081
H73.36353.90002.10371.09834.17132.35611.79151.7925
H82.72102.72362.10951.09933.76272.94731.79151.7795
H92.88673.03462.13811.10283.86412.80811.79251.7795

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 121.653 C1 N3 H6 118.436
O2 C1 N3 124.492 O2 C1 H5 123.139
N3 C1 H5 112.364 N3 C4 H7 109.268
N3 C4 H8 109.673 N3 C4 H9 111.760
C4 N3 H6 119.516 H7 C4 H8 109.220
H7 C4 H9 109.052 H8 C4 H9 107.826
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.372      
2 O -0.436      
3 N -0.421      
4 C -0.162      
5 H 0.044      
6 H 0.237      
7 H 0.109      
8 H 0.149      
9 H 0.109      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.851 2.354 -0.002 3.697
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.306 2.214 0.001
y 2.214 -22.054 -0.003
z 0.001 -0.003 -24.542
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.008 2.214 0.001
y 2.214 2.870 -0.003
z 0.001 -0.003 -0.863
Polar
3z2-r2-1.726
x2-y2-3.252
xy2.214
xz0.001
yz-0.003


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.341 -0.068 0.000
y -0.068 5.139 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 3.036


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.858
(<r2>)1/2 8.936