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All results from a given calculation for CHONH2 (formamide)

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-166.853897
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-166.683898
Nuclear repulsion energy68.672561
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 MP2/STO-3G
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' 4046 3528 5.49      
2 A' 3818 3329 41.32      
3 A' 3306 2882 33.90      
4 A' 1884 1643 127.74      
5 A' 1757 1532 2.61      
6 A' 1507 1314 0.09      
7 A' 1297 1131 91.78      
8 A' 1078 940 9.17      
9 A' 544 474 4.73      
10 A" 996 868 0.50      
11 A" 562 490 5.03      
12 A" 606i 529i 275.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10094.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8801.2 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
2.30694 0.34964 0.30363

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.441 0.000
O2 1.244 0.259 0.000
N3 -0.968 -0.597 0.000
H4 -0.510 1.442 0.000
H5 -0.683 -1.589 0.000
H6 -1.979 -0.392 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.25701.41931.12332.14192.1471
O21.25702.37202.11502.67003.2880
N31.41932.37202.08971.03261.0313
H41.12332.11502.08973.03612.3500
H52.14192.67001.03263.03611.7646
H62.14713.28801.03132.35001.7646

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 120.930 C1 N3 H6 121.559
O2 C1 N3 124.713 O2 C1 H4 125.286
N3 C1 H4 110.001 H5 N3 H6 117.511
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Non-Planar)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-166.860522
Energy at 298.15K-166.864314
HF Energy-166.686136
Nuclear repulsion energy68.005032
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 MP2/STO-3G
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 3852 3359 1.47      
2 A 3649 3182 2.98      
3 A 3322 2897 28.71      
4 A 1867 1628 27.47      
5 A 1808 1577 36.84      
6 A 1500 1307 3.38      
7 A 1346 1174 32.58      
8 A 1136 991 7.65      
9 A 959 836 5.82      
10 A 809 706 221.72      
11 A 558 486 13.45      
12 A 385 336 45.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10596.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9238.7 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
2.14807 0.34365 0.30147

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.181 0.414 0.002
O2 1.239 -0.264 0.017
N3 -1.167 -0.162 -0.125
H4 0.139 1.535 -0.013
H5 -1.142 -1.148 0.240
H6 -1.821 0.372 0.503

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 H4 H5 H6
C11.25661.47131.12232.06102.0641
O21.25662.41232.10922.54943.1626
N31.47132.41232.14421.05261.0517
H41.12232.10922.14422.98452.3370
H52.06102.54941.05262.98451.6854
H62.06413.16261.05172.33701.6854

picture of formamide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 N3 H5 108.355 C1 N3 H6 108.656
O2 C1 N3 124.148 O2 C1 H4 124.814
N3 C1 H4 110.817 H5 N3 H6 106.436
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability