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All results from a given calculation for HCONHCH3 (N-methylformamide)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS cis 1A'
1 3 yes C1 cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.134513
Energy at 298.15K-209.140674
HF Energy-209.134513
Nuclear repulsion energy118.059182
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/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' 3609 3472 17.35      
2 A' 3141 3022 19.13      
3 A' 3043 2928 53.84      
4 A' 3006 2892 83.06      
5 A' 1741 1675 375.42      
6 A' 1567 1507 16.07      
7 A' 1507 1450 5.82      
8 A' 1490 1433 2.55      
9 A' 1428 1374 18.96      
10 A' 1333 1282 90.28      
11 A' 1171 1127 37.65      
12 A' 1023 984 43.81      
13 A' 607 584 16.31      
14 A' 348 335 8.37      
15 A" 3104 2986 36.56      
16 A" 1530 1472 9.35      
17 A" 1170 1126 1.17      
18 A" 1045 1005 0.37      
19 A" 709 682 187.93      
20 A" 215 207 0.29      
21 A" 127 122 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16456.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15831.3 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/6-31G
ABC
1.47682 0.14270 0.13342

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.276 -0.762 0.000
O2 1.419 -1.252 0.000
N3 0.000 0.576 0.000
C4 -1.343 1.147 0.000
H5 -0.634 -1.384 0.000
H6 0.798 1.199 0.000
H7 -2.074 0.333 0.000
H8 -1.519 1.761 0.890
H9 -1.519 1.761 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.24361.36602.50251.10252.02932.59183.22173.2217
O21.24362.31393.65782.05712.52843.83494.30134.3013
N31.36602.31391.45912.06041.01242.08782.12232.1223
C42.50253.65781.45912.62832.14161.09391.09601.0960
H51.10252.05712.06042.62832.95382.24043.38673.3867
H62.02932.52841.01242.14162.95382.99952.54482.5448
H72.59183.83492.08781.09392.24042.99951.77251.7725
H83.22174.30132.12231.09603.38672.54481.77251.7804
H93.22174.30132.12231.09603.38672.54481.77251.7804

picture of N-methylformamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 C4 124.666 C1 N3 H6 116.337
O2 C1 N3 124.855 O2 C1 H5 122.419
N3 C1 H5 112.726 N3 C4 H7 108.889
N3 C4 H8 111.532 N3 C4 H9 111.532
C4 N3 H6 118.998 H7 C4 H8 108.073
H7 C4 H9 108.073 H8 C4 H9 108.624
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.354      
2 O -0.448      
3 N -0.581      
4 C -0.245      
5 H 0.107      
6 H 0.325      
7 H 0.163      
8 H 0.162      
9 H 0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.267 2.998 0.000 4.435
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.657 4.337 0.000
y 4.337 -24.503 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.761
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.025 4.337 0.000
y 4.337 1.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.819
Polar
3z2-r21.639
x2-y2-2.154
xy4.337
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.411 -1.167 0.000
y -1.167 5.479 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.727


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 90.625
(<r2>)1/2 9.520

Conformer 2 ()

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.134513
Energy at 298.15K-209.140674
HF Energy-209.134513
Nuclear repulsion energy118.059182
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/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/6-31G
ABC
1.47682 0.14270 0.13342

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (C1 cis)

Jump to S1C1 S1C2
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.136185
Energy at 298.15K-209.142391
HF Energy-209.136185
Nuclear repulsion energy120.305335
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/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 3637 3499 18.05      
2 A 3175 3055 1.17      
3 A 3111 2993 37.61      
4 A 3050 2934 36.11      
5 A 3021 2906 115.76      
6 A 1725 1659 233.94      
7 A 1581 1521 77.48      
8 A 1549 1490 12.37      
9 A 1528 1470 51.64      
10 A 1479 1423 26.73      
11 A 1430 1376 18.00      
12 A 1242 1195 65.05      
13 A 1182 1137 39.30      
14 A 1175 1131 1.70      
15 A 1029 990 1.99      
16 A 962 925 13.63      
17 A 774 744 0.45      
18 A 602 580 121.00      
19 A 351 337 56.93      
20 A 302 290 14.69      
21 A 82 79 0.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16493.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15866.8 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/6-31G
ABC
0.64696 0.20178 0.15844

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.867 0.447 0.000
O2 1.402 -0.676 0.001
N3 -0.482 0.662 -0.012
C4 -1.437 -0.449 0.002
H5 1.453 1.381 0.008
H6 -0.823 1.610 0.047
H7 -2.437 -0.071 -0.222
H8 -1.157 -1.188 -0.752
H9 -1.456 -0.953 0.975

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.24391.36582.47231.10252.05173.35152.70862.8824
O21.24392.31052.84842.05763.19013.89272.71633.0322
N31.36582.31051.46512.06401.00932.09832.10412.1288
C42.47232.84841.46513.42062.14901.09201.09311.0962
H51.10252.05762.06403.42062.28724.15803.74043.8530
H62.05173.19011.00932.14902.28722.34582.92942.7988
H73.35153.89272.09831.09204.15802.34581.77991.7819
H82.70862.71632.10411.09313.74042.92941.77991.7686
H92.88243.03222.12881.09623.85302.79881.78191.7686

picture of N-methylformamide state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 C4 121.655 C1 N3 H6 118.731
O2 C1 N3 124.523 O2 C1 H5 122.431
N3 C1 H5 113.046 N3 C4 H7 109.428
N3 C4 H8 109.820 N3 C4 H9 111.626
C4 N3 H6 119.424 H7 C4 H8 109.093
H7 C4 H9 109.047 H8 C4 H9 107.778
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.350      
2 O -0.449      
3 N -0.589      
4 C -0.252      
5 H 0.113      
6 H 0.315      
7 H 0.155      
8 H 0.201      
9 H 0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.123 2.739 0.000 4.154
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.717 2.966 0.000
y 2.966 -22.131 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.783
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.260 2.966 0.000
y 2.966 3.119 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.860
Polar
3z2-r2-1.719
x2-y2-3.586
xy2.966
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.843 -0.249 0.000
y -0.249 4.803 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.718


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.496
(<r2>)1/2 8.916