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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: QCISD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (Planar)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.317920
Energy at 298.15K-168.321842
HF Energy-167.981768
Nuclear repulsion energy70.013313
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 QCISD/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' 3666 3523 25.77      
2 A' 3534 3397 33.15      
3 A' 2952 2837 104.20      
4 A' 1734 1666 260.23      
5 A' 1693 1627 19.95      
6 A' 1458 1401 11.69      
7 A' 1263 1214 118.62      
8 A' 1061 1019 10.91      
9 A' 570 548 10.45      
10 A" 1077 1035 0.04      
11 A" 638 613 104.43      
12 A" 419 402 300.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10031.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9641.4 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 QCISD/3-21G*
ABC
2.41757 0.36336 0.31588

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 1.228 0.228 0.000
N3 -0.964 -0.561 0.000
H4 -0.452 1.432 0.000
H5 -0.679 -1.534 0.000
H6 -1.951 -0.338 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.24381.37721.10522.07212.0941
O21.24382.32942.06742.59683.2291
N31.37722.32942.05701.01431.0121
H41.10522.06742.05702.97472.3189
H52.07212.59681.01432.97471.7460
H62.09413.22911.01212.31891.7460

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.324 C1 N3 H6 121.678
O2 C1 N3 125.349 O2 C1 H4 123.202
N3 C1 H4 111.449 H5 N3 H6 118.999
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-168.317920
Energy at 298.15K-168.321842
HF Energy-167.981768
Nuclear repulsion energy70.015804
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 QCISD/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 3666 3523 25.81      
2 A 3534 3397 33.16      
3 A 2951 2837 104.19      
4 A 1733 1666 260.44      
5 A 1692 1627 19.77      
6 A 1458 1401 11.80      
7 A 1264 1215 118.59      
8 A 1078 1036 0.04      
9 A 1061 1019 10.73      
10 A 639 614 105.21      
11 A 570 548 10.47      
12 A 419 402 299.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10032.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9642.0 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 QCISD/3-21G*
ABC
2.41761 0.36341 0.31592

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.157 0.393 -0.000
O2 1.225 -0.245 0.000
N3 -1.103 -0.162 -0.000
H4 0.112 1.497 -0.000
H5 -1.200 -1.172 -0.000
H6 -1.937 0.411 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.24391.37701.10522.07172.0941
O21.24392.32922.06742.59633.2292
N31.37702.32922.05701.01431.0121
H41.10522.06742.05702.97462.3193
H52.07172.59631.01432.97461.7459
H62.09413.22921.01212.31931.7459

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.305 C1 N3 H6 121.708
O2 C1 N3 125.347 O2 C1 H4 123.191
N3 C1 H4 111.462 H5 N3 H6 118.987
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability