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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: CBS-Q

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CBS-Q
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.651977
Energy at 298.15K-169.647159
HF Energy-168.930623
Nuclear repulsion energy72.126305
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 CBS-Q
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' 3981 3981 59.77      
2 A' 3848 3848 54.07      
3 A' 3188 3188 106.41      
4 A' 1994 1994 538.48      
5 A' 1798 1798 77.96      
6 A' 1555 1555 9.81      
7 A' 1375 1375 156.12      
8 A' 1158 1158 9.52      
9 A' 618 618 16.61      
10 A" 1178 1178 2.82      
11 A" 677 677 37.62      
12 A" 168 168 339.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10769.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10769.6 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 CBS-Q
ABC
2.44770 0.37505 0.32522

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CBS-Q

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.415 0.000
O2 1.178 0.248 0.000
N3 -0.922 -0.571 0.000
H4 -0.450 1.412 0.000
H5 -0.620 -1.517 0.000
H6 -1.895 -0.377 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.18941.34991.09432.02942.0535
O21.18942.25422.00092.52003.1353
N31.34992.25422.03870.99380.9913
H41.09432.00092.03872.93482.3001
H52.02942.52000.99382.93481.7100
H62.05353.13530.99132.30011.7100

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 119.191 C1 N3 H6 121.849
O2 C1 N3 125.062 O2 C1 H4 122.312
N3 C1 H4 112.626 H5 N3 H6 118.960
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CBS-Q
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.651840
Energy at 298.15K-169.655668
HF Energy-168.930623
Nuclear repulsion energy72.124624
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 CBS-Q
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 3981 3981 59.73      
2 A 3848 3848 54.07      
3 A 3189 3189 106.36      
4 A 1994 1994 538.36      
5 A 1798 1798 78.01      
6 A 1555 1555 9.79      
7 A 1375 1375 156.16      
8 A 1178 1178 2.82      
9 A 1158 1158 9.57      
10 A 677 677 37.49      
11 A 618 618 16.60      
12 A 168 168 339.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10769.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10769.5 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 CBS-Q
ABC
2.43996 0.37501 0.32538

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CBS-Q

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.174 0.387 -0.008
O2 1.166 -0.252 0.018
N3 -1.091 -0.149 -0.091
H4 0.171 1.476 -0.002
H5 -1.110 -1.114 0.163
H6 -1.794 0.380 0.379

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.18031.37641.08921.98292.0053
O21.18032.26191.99432.43843.0479
N31.37642.26192.05960.99790.9978
H41.08921.99432.05962.89452.2812
H51.98292.43840.99792.89451.6577
H62.00533.04790.99782.28121.6577

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 112.286 C1 N3 H6 114.316
O2 C1 N3 124.248 O2 C1 H4 122.937
N3 C1 H4 112.785 H5 N3 H6 112.323
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability