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All results from a given calculation for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.168259
Energy at 298.15K-209.173878
Nuclear repulsion energy121.802216
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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 3804 3620 40.58      
2 A 3657 3480 37.62      
3 A 3192 3038 7.55      
4 A 3172 3018 13.03      
5 A 3088 2938 6.53      
6 A 1846 1756 328.09      
7 A 1638 1559 124.60      
8 A 1508 1435 12.64      
9 A 1487 1415 7.14      
10 A 1418 1350 93.69      
11 A 1367 1301 73.40      
12 A 1131 1077 0.78      
13 A 1061 1009 9.03      
14 A 993 944 5.30      
15 A 861 819 1.69      
16 A 679 646 15.87      
17 A 546 520 13.97      
18 A 523 498 8.31      
19 A 430 409 4.59      
20 A 160 152 232.87      
21 A 23 22 6.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16291.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15501.5 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.36230 0.31053 0.17256

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.359 -0.335 -0.000
C2 0.077 0.146 -0.007
N3 1.022 -0.834 -0.004
O4 0.367 1.328 0.001
H5 -1.922 0.249 -0.730
H6 -1.472 -1.398 -0.222
H7 -1.791 -0.134 0.983
H8 1.989 -0.558 0.025
H9 0.793 -1.811 0.005

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51472.43312.39671.09011.09171.09253.35522.6100
C21.51471.36131.21742.12832.19762.13252.03672.0836
N32.43311.36132.25963.21972.56643.06201.00571.0031
O42.39671.21742.25962.63393.29572.78522.48713.1680
H51.09012.12833.21972.63391.78021.75954.06323.4861
H61.09172.19762.56643.29571.78021.77513.56972.3140
H71.09252.13253.06202.78521.75951.77513.92193.2319
H83.35522.03671.00572.48714.06323.56973.92191.7322
H92.61002.08361.00313.16803.48612.31403.23191.7322

picture of Acetamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 115.451 C1 C2 O4 122.251
C2 C1 H5 108.481 C2 C1 H6 113.961
C2 C1 H7 108.677 C2 N3 H8 117.946
C2 N3 H9 122.865 N3 C2 O4 122.293
H5 C1 H6 109.359 H5 C1 H7 107.443
H6 C1 H7 108.723 H8 N3 H9 119.151
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.474      
2 C 0.570      
3 N -0.653      
4 O -0.506      
5 H 0.177      
6 H 0.125      
7 H 0.174      
8 H 0.299      
9 H 0.288      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.088 -3.767 0.097 3.770
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.848 -2.357 0.060
y -2.357 -25.274 -0.103
z 0.060 -0.103 -24.416
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.997 -2.357 0.060
y -2.357 -3.142 -0.103
z 0.060 -0.103 -1.855
Polar
3z2-r2-3.710
x2-y25.426
xy-2.357
xz0.060
yz-0.103


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.595
(<r2>)1/2 8.637