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All results from a given calculation for C3H7NO (dimethylformamide)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-247.047149
Energy at 298.15K-247.055550
HF Energy-247.047149
Nuclear repulsion energy178.377952
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/3-21G*
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' 3065 3045 2.01      
2 A' 3033 3014 18.29      
3 A' 2956 2937 51.19      
4 A' 2943 2924 47.45      
5 A' 2842 2823 113.67      
6 A' 1650 1639 218.60      
7 A' 1557 1547 5.04      
8 A' 1530 1520 21.93      
9 A' 1456 1446 6.57      
10 A' 1423 1414 24.55      
11 A' 1392 1383 19.04      
12 A' 1348 1339 36.36      
13 A' 1205 1197 35.49      
14 A' 1055 1048 91.75      
15 A' 1053 1046 40.91      
16 A' 830 824 0.98      
17 A' 629 625 6.09      
18 A' 371 368 1.56      
19 A' 314 312 12.54      
20 A" 3000 2980 37.18      
21 A" 2982 2963 44.31      
22 A" 1531 1521 14.36      
23 A" 1508 1498 5.62      
24 A" 1154 1146 1.23      
25 A" 1108 1101 0.23      
26 A" 998 991 0.06      
27 A" 340 338 16.03      
28 A" 228 226 2.06      
29 A" 213 212 1.17      
30 A" 156 155 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21934.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21792.0 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.28817 0.13472 0.09517

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.723 -0.823 0.000
O2 0.225 -1.970 0.000
N3 0.000 0.362 0.000
C4 -1.481 0.301 0.000
C5 0.658 1.683 0.000
H6 1.817 -0.616 0.000
H7 -1.738 -0.768 0.000
H8 -1.893 0.792 0.899
H9 -1.893 0.792 -0.899
H10 1.750 1.534 0.000
H11 0.378 2.265 -0.897
H12 0.378 2.265 0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.25071.38832.47442.50681.11362.46173.20323.20322.57103.23413.2341
O21.25072.34332.84113.67882.09022.30203.59513.59513.82174.33204.3320
N31.38832.34331.48261.47562.06382.07322.13942.13942.10602.13742.1374
C42.47442.84111.48262.54683.42371.09971.10401.10403.45842.84942.8494
C52.50683.67881.47562.54682.57473.42772.84802.84801.10191.10511.1051
H61.11362.09022.06383.42372.57473.55854.06914.06912.15123.34313.3431
H72.46172.30202.07321.09973.42773.55851.80721.80724.17913.80563.8056
H83.20323.59512.13941.10402.84804.06911.80721.79833.82503.24882.7073
H93.20323.59512.13941.10402.84804.06911.80721.79833.82502.70733.2488
H102.57103.82172.10603.45841.10192.15124.17913.82503.82501.79441.7944
H113.23414.33202.13742.84941.10513.34313.80563.24882.70731.79441.7935
H123.23414.33202.13742.84941.10513.34313.80562.70733.24881.79441.7935

picture of dimethylformamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 C4 119.028 C1 N3 C5 122.132
O2 C1 N3 125.156 O2 C1 H6 124.166
N3 C1 H6 110.677 N3 C4 H7 105.858
N3 C4 H8 110.758 N3 C4 H9 110.758
N3 C5 H10 108.717 N3 C5 H11 111.012
N3 C5 H12 111.012 C4 N3 C5 118.841
H7 C4 H8 110.187 H7 C4 H9 110.187
H8 C4 H9 109.065 H10 C5 H11 108.787
H10 C5 H12 108.787 H11 C5 H12 108.474
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.390      
2 O -0.445      
3 N -0.536      
4 C -0.371      
5 C -0.356      
6 H 0.138      
7 H 0.222      
8 H 0.187      
9 H 0.187      
10 H 0.197      
11 H 0.193      
12 H 0.193      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.036 3.619 0.000 3.619
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.628 0.735 0.000
y 0.735 -35.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.026
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.624 0.735 0.000
y 0.735 -6.151 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.527
Polar
3z2-r21.055
x2-y27.850
xy0.735
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.416 -0.263 0.000
y -0.263 7.626 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.926


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 127.383
(<r2>)1/2 11.286