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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

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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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.207715
Energy at 298.15K-209.213760
HF Energy-209.207715
Nuclear repulsion energy118.958929
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3617 3475 22.15      
2 A' 3130 3007 16.70      
3 A' 3033 2914 54.95      
4 A' 2939 2824 91.72      
5 A' 1825 1754 429.37      
6 A' 1544 1484 15.69      
7 A' 1492 1433 9.52      
8 A' 1478 1420 9.91      
9 A' 1407 1352 13.34      
10 A' 1303 1252 96.31      
11 A' 1167 1121 34.17      
12 A' 1014 974 42.14      
13 A' 612 588 15.22      
14 A' 344 330 8.08      
15 A" 3088 2967 33.74      
16 A" 1496 1437 5.31      
17 A" 1154 1108 0.33      
18 A" 1040 1000 0.10      
19 A" 618 594 127.70      
20 A" 203 195 1.17      
21 A" 102 98 0.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16303.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15664.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
1.49337 0.14493 0.13550

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.281 -0.763 0.000
O2 1.402 -1.239 0.000
N3 0.000 0.570 0.000
C4 -1.332 1.142 0.000
H5 -0.640 -1.381 0.000
H6 0.805 1.183 0.000
H7 -2.063 0.330 0.000
H8 -1.508 1.757 0.890
H9 -1.508 1.757 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.21811.36162.49601.10972.01472.58663.21633.2163
O21.21812.28873.62572.04712.49473.80434.27124.2712
N31.36162.28871.44952.05331.01182.07722.11602.1160
C42.49603.62571.44952.61682.13681.09331.09601.0960
H51.10972.04712.05332.61682.94322.22603.37603.3760
H62.01472.49471.01182.13682.94322.99222.54412.5441
H72.58663.80432.07721.09332.22602.99221.77121.7712
H83.21634.27122.11601.09603.37602.54411.77121.7796
H93.21634.27122.11601.09603.37602.54411.77121.7796

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 125.190 C1 N3 H6 115.385
O2 C1 N3 124.956 O2 C1 H5 123.073
N3 C1 H5 111.971 N3 C4 H7 108.741
N3 C4 H8 111.706 N3 C4 H9 111.706
C4 N3 H6 119.424 H7 C4 H8 108.001
H7 C4 H9 108.001 H8 C4 H9 108.553
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.411      
2 O -0.471      
3 N -0.471      
4 C -0.176      
5 H 0.058      
6 H 0.267      
7 H 0.130      
8 H 0.126      
9 H 0.126      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.904 2.759 0.000 4.006
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.990 3.882 0.000
y 3.882 -24.128 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.455
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.698 3.882 0.000
y 3.882 1.094 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.604
Polar
3z2-r21.209
x2-y2-1.861
xy3.882
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.496 -1.064 0.000
y -1.064 5.614 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.002


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 89.286
(<r2>)1/2 9.449

Conformer 2 ()

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.207715
Energy at 298.15K-209.213760
HF Energy-209.207715
Nuclear repulsion energy118.958929
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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
1.49337 0.14493 0.13550

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.209263
Energy at 298.15K-209.215311
HF Energy-209.209263
Nuclear repulsion energy121.162520
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3643 3500 20.46      
2 A 3168 3044 1.12      
3 A 3097 2975 34.15      
4 A 3041 2922 45.88      
5 A 2954 2839 120.04      
6 A 1814 1743 299.45      
7 A 1564 1502 81.36      
8 A 1515 1455 6.94      
9 A 1504 1445 46.66      
10 A 1449 1392 19.30      
11 A 1434 1378 3.12      
12 A 1224 1176 82.18      
13 A 1163 1118 21.98      
14 A 1158 1113 0.66      
15 A 1022 982 0.85      
16 A 966 929 16.28      
17 A 772 742 0.40      
18 A 535 514 46.17      
19 A 301 289 13.70      
20 A 266 256 76.54      
21 A 80 77 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16334.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15694.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.66231 0.20348 0.16039

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.866 0.436 0.004
O2 1.379 -0.673 -0.000
N3 -0.473 0.660 -0.020
C4 -1.426 -0.442 0.005
H5 1.456 1.372 0.018
H6 -0.805 1.609 0.058
H7 -2.423 -0.058 -0.215
H8 -1.150 -1.182 -0.750
H9 -1.439 -0.942 0.979

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22211.35762.45401.10652.04173.33342.69292.8576
O21.22212.28142.81382.04653.15883.85762.68652.9956
N31.35762.28141.45642.05691.00882.08732.09332.1209
C42.45402.81381.45643.40522.14361.09141.09231.0955
H51.10652.04652.05693.40522.27354.14133.72903.8294
H62.04173.15881.00882.14362.27352.33962.92592.7859
H73.33343.85762.08731.09144.14132.33961.78061.7821
H82.69292.68652.09331.09233.72902.92591.78061.7698
H92.85762.99562.12091.09553.82942.78591.78211.7698

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 121.359 C1 N3 H6 118.524
O2 C1 N3 124.269 O2 C1 H5 122.940
N3 C1 H5 112.788 N3 C4 H7 109.175
N3 C4 H8 109.604 N3 C4 H9 111.639
C4 N3 H6 119.709 H7 C4 H8 109.251
H7 C4 H9 109.148 H8 C4 H9 107.988
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.407      
2 O -0.469      
3 N -0.482      
4 C -0.181      
5 H 0.063      
6 H 0.259      
7 H 0.120      
8 H 0.163      
9 H 0.120      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.853 2.502 -0.000 3.795
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.276 2.437 0.000
y 2.437 -21.875 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.475
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.101 2.437 0.000
y 2.437 3.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.899
Polar
3z2-r2-1.798
x2-y2-3.400
xy2.437
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.992 -0.100 -0.000
y -0.100 4.909 -0.000
z -0.000 -0.000 2.988


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.579
(<r2>)1/2 8.864