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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no Planar 1A'
1 2 yes Non-Planar 1A

Conformer 1 (Planar)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.902815
Energy at 298.15K-169.906264
HF Energy-169.902815
Nuclear repulsion energy70.977110
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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)		 Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)		 IR Intensities
(km mol-1)		 Raman Act
(Å4/u)		 Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3706 3594 35.43      
2 A' 3557 3450 26.84      
3 A' 2912 2824 122.47      
4 A' 1830 1775 364.38      
5 A' 1582 1534 63.74      
6 A' 1409 1367 5.02      
7 A' 1270 1232 89.56      
8 A' 1050 1018 1.94      
9 A' 565 548 11.14      
10 A" 1042 1011 0.44      
11 A" 650 630 14.80      
12 A" 71 69 199.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9821.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9526.5 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.43598 0.37651 0.32611

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.420 0.000
O2 1.201 0.240 0.000
N3 -0.939 -0.568 0.000
H4 -0.469 1.435 0.000
H5 -0.637 -1.537 0.000
H6 -1.928 -0.357 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.21391.36241.11872.05752.0785
O21.21392.28652.05362.55613.1848
N31.36242.28652.05731.01451.0115
H41.11872.05362.05732.97662.3108
H52.05752.55611.01452.97661.7483
H62.07853.18481.01152.31081.7483

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.187 C1 N3 H6 121.515
O2 C1 N3 125.020 O2 C1 H4 123.328
N3 C1 H4 111.652 H5 N3 H6 119.298
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.166      
2 O -0.256      
3 N -0.090      
4 H -0.018      
5 H 0.102      
6 H 0.097      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.671 -0.805 0.000 3.758
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.667 0.026 0.000
y 0.026 -14.802 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.265
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.133 0.026 0.000
y 0.026 3.164 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.031
Polar
3z2-r2-4.062
x2-y2-2.865
xy0.026
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.182 0.247 0.000
y 0.247 3.460 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.577


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 40.925
(<r2>)1/2 6.397

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.902817
Energy at 298.15K-169.906257
HF Energy-169.902817
Nuclear repulsion energy70.977492
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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)		 Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)		 IR Intensities
(km mol-1)		 Raman Act
(Å4/u)		 Dep P Dep U
1 A 3706 3595 35.47      
2 A 3557 3451 26.85      
3 A 2913 2826 122.33      
4 A 1830 1775 364.30      
5 A 1582 1534 63.71      
6 A 1409 1366 5.01      
7 A 1270 1232 89.39      
8 A 1050 1018 1.92      
9 A 1042 1011 0.45      
10 A 650 631 14.88      
11 A 566 549 11.16      
12 A 66 64 198.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9820.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9525.4 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
2.43550 0.37655 0.32613

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.163 0.387 0.000
O2 1.199 -0.245 0.000
N3 -1.085 -0.159 -0.000
H4 0.125 1.505 -0.000
H5 -1.183 -1.169 0.001
H6 -1.915 0.419 0.002

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.21411.36231.11872.05712.0784
O21.21412.28642.05352.55543.1848
N31.36232.28642.05761.01451.0115
H41.11872.05352.05762.97662.3113
H52.05712.55541.01452.97661.7485
H62.07843.18481.01152.31131.7485

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.160 C1 N3 H6 121.520
O2 C1 N3 125.009 O2 C1 H4 123.304
N3 C1 H4 111.687 H5 N3 H6 119.319
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.166      
2 O -0.257      
3 N -0.090      
4 H -0.018      
5 H 0.102      
6 H 0.097      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.696 0.684 0.005 3.759
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.217 1.044 -0.009
y 1.044 -15.252 -0.001
z -0.009 -0.001 -18.266
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.458 1.044 -0.009
y 1.044 2.489 -0.001
z -0.009 -0.001 -2.031
Polar
3z2-r2-4.062
x2-y2-1.965
xy1.044
xz-0.009
yz-0.001


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.250 -0.086 -0.000
y -0.086 3.392 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 1.577


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 40.923
(<r2>)1/2 6.397