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

using model chemistry: SVWN/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 SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.102936
Energy at 298.15K-208.109033
HF Energy-208.102936
Nuclear repulsion energy119.410460
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 SVWN/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' 3510 3443 22.31      
2 A' 3068 3010 8.55      
3 A' 2973 2916 46.36      
4 A' 2835 2781 99.78      
5 A' 1837 1802 392.25      
6 A' 1500 1471 27.78      
7 A' 1452 1425 15.42      
8 A' 1419 1392 6.88      
9 A' 1348 1323 16.30      
10 A' 1285 1261 43.39      
11 A' 1169 1146 17.21      
12 A' 1001 982 46.99      
13 A' 611 600 16.75      
14 A' 340 334 8.88      
15 A" 3037 2979 20.63      
16 A" 1440 1412 9.19      
17 A" 1114 1093 0.01      
18 A" 995 976 0.66      
19 A" 634 622 127.14      
20 A" 228 223 1.64      
21 A" 132 130 0.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15963.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15659.9 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 SVWN/6-31G*
ABC
1.48294 0.14717 0.13742

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.278 -0.751 0.000
O2 1.395 -1.234 0.000
N3 0.000 0.573 0.000
C4 -1.318 1.127 0.000
H5 -0.666 -1.364 0.000
H6 0.816 1.190 0.000
H7 -2.041 0.292 0.000
H8 -1.514 1.743 0.897
H9 -1.514 1.743 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.21701.35362.46431.12462.01432.54263.19913.1991
O21.21702.28293.59592.06482.49143.75964.25734.2573
N31.35362.28291.42922.04841.02252.06022.11272.1127
C42.46433.59591.42922.57452.13471.10411.10551.1055
H51.12462.06482.04842.57452.95212.15273.34273.3427
H62.01432.49141.02252.13472.95212.99452.55712.5571
H72.54263.75962.06021.10412.15272.99451.78471.7847
H83.19914.25732.11271.10553.34272.55711.78471.7937
H93.19914.25732.11271.10553.34272.55711.78471.7937

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 124.610 C1 N3 H6 115.223
O2 C1 N3 125.176 O2 C1 H5 123.666
N3 C1 H5 111.158 N3 C4 H7 108.142
N3 C4 H8 112.293 N3 C4 H9 112.293
C4 N3 H6 120.168 H7 C4 H8 107.742
H7 C4 H9 107.742 H8 C4 H9 108.435
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.255      
2 O -0.409      
3 N -0.467      
4 C -0.428      
5 H 0.109      
6 H 0.347      
7 H 0.200      
8 H 0.197      
9 H 0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.713 2.856 0.000 3.940
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.778 3.739 0.000
y 3.739 -24.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.585
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.444 3.739 0.000
y 3.739 1.099 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.345
Polar
3z2-r20.690
x2-y2-1.695
xy3.739
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.691 -1.104 0.000
y -1.104 5.818 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.034


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.332
(<r2>)1/2 9.398

Conformer 2 ()

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Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.102936
Energy at 298.15K-208.109033
HF Energy-208.102936
Nuclear repulsion energy119.410460
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 SVWN/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at SVWN/6-31G*
ABC
1.48294 0.14717 0.13742

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

Point Group is Cs

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (C1 cis)

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Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.105189
Energy at 298.15K-208.111334
HF Energy-208.105189
Nuclear repulsion energy121.946858
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 SVWN/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 3545 3478 21.39      
2 A 3089 3031 0.13      
3 A 3052 2994 19.31      
4 A 2983 2927 37.95      
5 A 2883 2828 114.55      
6 A 1815 1781 256.85      
7 A 1530 1501 83.25      
8 A 1462 1434 11.17      
9 A 1450 1423 27.24      
10 A 1385 1358 23.26      
11 A 1372 1346 8.88      
12 A 1215 1192 38.31      
13 A 1124 1103 24.69      
14 A 1118 1097 0.11      
15 A 998 979 26.51      
16 A 973 955 0.04      
17 A 762 748 0.00      
18 A 548 537 53.82      
19 A 303 297 15.82      
20 A 295 289 71.53      
21 A 131 129 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16015.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15711.5 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 SVWN/6-31G*
ABC
0.65275 0.21147 0.16481

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.853 0.442 0.005
O2 1.351 -0.673 -0.001
N3 -0.477 0.662 -0.019
C4 -1.391 -0.447 0.005
H5 1.451 1.387 0.015
H6 -0.824 1.618 0.054
H7 -2.405 -0.090 -0.227
H8 -1.078 -1.187 -0.750
H9 -1.392 -0.947 0.990

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 N3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.22191.34842.41431.11752.04853.30962.63762.8175
O21.22192.26422.75172.06253.15963.80812.59422.9292
N31.34842.26421.43802.05961.01892.08002.07732.1080
C42.41432.75171.43803.38242.14191.09971.10191.1043
H51.11752.06252.05963.38242.28694.13593.68863.8045
H62.04853.15961.01892.14192.28692.34372.92832.7880
H73.30963.80812.08001.09974.13592.34371.79911.8002
H82.63762.59422.07731.10193.68862.92831.79911.7842
H92.81752.92922.10801.10433.80452.78801.80021.7842

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 120.066 C1 N3 H6 119.183
O2 C1 N3 123.429 O2 C1 H5 123.616
N3 C1 H5 112.948 N3 C4 H7 109.370
N3 C4 H8 109.026 N3 C4 H9 111.352
C4 N3 H6 120.375 H7 C4 H8 109.606
H7 C4 H9 109.519 H8 C4 H9 107.942
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.251      
2 O -0.406      
3 N -0.483      
4 C -0.435      
5 H 0.119      
6 H 0.341      
7 H 0.191      
8 H 0.230      
9 H 0.191      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.839 2.492 0.000 3.777
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.119 2.079 0.000
y 2.079 -21.787 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.596
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.927 2.079 0.000
y 2.079 3.070 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.143
Polar
3z2-r2-2.286
x2-y2-3.332
xy2.079
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.200 -0.002 -0.000
y -0.002 5.051 -0.000
z -0.000 -0.000 3.017


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.013
(<r2>)1/2 8.776