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All results from a given calculation for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.156359
Energy at 298.15K-209.162074
Nuclear repulsion energy121.495233
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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 3771 3620 45.08      
2 A 3625 3480 37.98      
3 A 3160 3034 2.84      
4 A 3158 3032 16.86      
5 A 3069 2946 8.03      
6 A 1791 1720 408.48      
7 A 1627 1563 115.44      
8 A 1494 1434 12.52      
9 A 1472 1414 8.81      
10 A 1403 1347 88.69      
11 A 1354 1300 99.95      
12 A 1120 1075 0.64      
13 A 1051 1009 4.77      
14 A 987 948 8.90      
15 A 854 820 1.53      
16 A 670 643 10.60      
17 A 543 521 12.54      
18 A 524 503 8.80      
19 A 431 414 4.71      
20 A 230 220 225.57      
21 A 23 22 3.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16177.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15532.0 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.36155 0.30831 0.17171

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.360 -0.346 -0.000
C2 -0.074 0.143 -0.000
N3 -1.036 -0.826 -0.000
O4 -0.354 1.333 0.000
H5 1.864 0.056 0.883
H6 1.459 -1.435 -0.003
H7 1.866 0.062 -0.879
H8 -2.002 -0.538 0.000
H9 -0.819 -1.808 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51532.44342.40001.09321.09331.09323.36812.6242
C21.51531.36451.22312.13162.19982.13162.04502.0879
N32.44341.36452.26363.15662.56813.15921.00861.0058
O42.40001.22312.26362.70793.30932.70562.49343.1751
H51.09322.13163.15662.70791.78111.76214.01013.3841
H61.09332.19982.56813.30931.78111.78123.57582.3086
H71.09322.13163.15922.70561.76211.78124.01243.3881
H83.36812.04501.00862.49344.01013.57584.01241.7356
H92.62422.08791.00583.17513.38412.30863.38811.7356

picture of Acetamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 115.990 C1 C2 O4 122.068
C2 C1 H5 108.521 C2 C1 H6 114.000
C2 C1 H7 108.522 C2 N3 H8 118.246
C2 N3 H9 122.770 N3 C2 O4 121.942
H5 C1 H6 109.090 H5 C1 H7 107.405
H6 C1 H7 109.100 H8 N3 H9 118.984
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.483      
2 C 0.361      
3 N -0.568      
4 O -0.503      
5 H 0.204      
6 H 0.148      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.328      
9 H 0.310      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.182 -4.026 0.001 4.030
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.304 2.421 -0.001
y 2.421 -26.457 -0.001
z -0.001 -0.001 -25.265
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.557 2.421 -0.001
y 2.421 -3.672 -0.001
z -0.001 -0.001 -1.885
Polar
3z2-r2-3.770
x2-y26.152
xy2.421
xz-0.001
yz-0.001


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> 75.415
(<r2>)1/2 8.684