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Experimental data for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide)

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Other names
Acetamide; Acetic acid amide; Acetimidic acid; Amid kyseliny octove; Ethanamide; Methanecarboxamide;
INChI INChIKey SMILES IUPAC name
InChI=1S/C2H5NO/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H2,3,4) DLFVBJFMPXGRIB-UHFFFAOYSA-N CC(N)=O Acetamide
InChI=1/C2H5NO/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H2,3,4)/f/h3H2 DLFVBJFMPXGRIB-ZZOWFUDINA-N CC(N)=O Acetamide
State Conformation
1A' C1
Enthalpy of formation (Hfg), Entropy, Integrated heat capacity (0 K to 298.15 K) (HH), Heat Capacity (Cp)
Property Value Uncertainty units Reference Comment
Hfg(298.15K) enthalpy of formation -238.50   kJ mol-1 TRC
Hfg(0K) enthalpy of formation -221.00   kJ mol-1 TRC
Entropy (298.15K) entropy 283.83   J K-1 mol-1 TRC
Integrated Heat Capacity (0 to 298.15K) integrated heat capacity 14.43   kJ mol-1 TRC
Barrier to Internal Rotation 0.3   kJ mol-1 2002Yam/Hag:144 V3=24.3906 cm-1
Information can also be found for this species in the NIST Chemistry Webbook
Vibrational levels (cm-1) vibrations
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Intensity Comment Description
Fundamental(cm-1) Harmonic(cm-1) Reference (km mol-1) unc. Reference
1 A 3550   1998Samdal:165       NH stretch
2 A 3450   1998Samdal:165       NH stretch
3 A 2967   1998Samdal:165       CH stretch
4 A 2900   1998Samdal:165       CH stretch
5 A 2860   1998Samdal:165       CH stretch
6 A 1733   1998Samdal:165      
7 A 1600   1998Samdal:165      
8 A 1433   1998Samdal:165      
9 A 1433   1998Samdal:165      
10 A 1385   1998Samdal:165      
11 A 1319   1998Samdal:165      
12 A 1134   1998Samdal:165      
13 A 1040   1998Samdal:165      
14 A 965   1998Samdal:165      
15 A 858   1998Samdal:165      
16 A 625   1998Samdal:165      
17 A 548   1998Samdal:165      
18 A 507   1998Samdal:165      
19 A 427   1998Samdal:165      
20 A 259   1998Samdal:165      
21 A            

vibrational zero-point energy: 15496.2 cm-1 (from fundamental vibrations)
Calculated vibrational frequencies for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide).
Gas-phase IR spectra can be found in the NIST Chemistry Webbook here.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) rotational constants
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C reference comment
0.38167 0.31273 0.16966 2001Sue/Gol:188

Calculated rotational constants for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide).
Product of moments of inertia moments of inertia
236566.1amu3Å6   1.0832296625235E-114gm3 cm6
Geometric Data
picture of Acetamide

Point Group C1


Internal coordinates
distances (r) in Å, angles (a) in degrees, dihedrals (d) in degrees
Description Value unc. Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rCC 1.519   1 2 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
rCN 1.380   2 3 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
rCO 1.220   2 4 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
rCH 1.124   1 5 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
rNH 1.022   3 8 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
aNCO 122 3 2 4 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
aHCC 109.8 2 1 5 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
aCCN 115.1 1 2 3 1973Kit/Kuc:3048
aCCO 122.9 1 2 4 1973Kit/Kuc:3048 derived from aCCN and aNC=O

Cartesians
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.3674 -0.3302 0.0013
C2 0.0720 0.1552 -0.0019
N3 1.0259 -0.8416 -0.0326
O4 0.3726 1.3376 0.0057
H5 -2.0656 0.5484 -0.0612
H6 -1.5426 -1.0080 -0.8780
H7 -1.5719 -0.9088 0.9430
H8 2.0050 -0.5675 0.0710
H9 0.7853 -1.8244 0.1113

Atom - Atom Distances bond lengths
Distances in Å
  C1 C2 N3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C1   1.51902.44752.41021.12401.12401.12403.38142.6227
C2 1.5190   1.38001.22002.17432.17432.17432.06492.1073
N3 2.44751.3800   2.27533.38972.70912.77571.02201.0220
O4 2.41021.22002.2753   2.56363.15453.11542.50963.1905
H5 1.12402.17433.38972.5636   1.83391.83724.22283.7132
H6 1.12402.17432.70913.15451.8339   1.82393.69862.6579
H7 1.12402.17432.77573.11541.83721.8239   3.69742.6621
H8 3.38142.06491.02202.50964.22283.69863.6974   1.7519
H9 2.62272.10731.02203.19053.71322.65792.66211.7519  

Calculated geometries for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide).

Experimental Bond Angles (degrees) from cartesians bond angles

atom1 atom2 atom3 angle         atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 115.100 C1 C2 O4 122.900
C2 C1 H5 109.800 C2 C1 H6 109.800
C2 C1 H7 109.800 C2 N3 H8 117.789
C2 N3 H9 121.925 N3 C2 O4 121.994
H5 C1 H6 109.334 H5 C1 H7 109.627
H6 C1 H7 108.458 H8 N3 H9 117.978

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
C-C 1
C-N 1
C=O 1
H-C 3
H-N 2

Connectivity
Atom 1 Atom 2
C1 C2
C1 H5
C1 H6
C1 H7
C2 N3
C2 O4
N3 H8
N3 H9
Electronic energy levels (cm-1)
Energy (cm-1) Degeneracy reference description
0 1   1A'

Ionization Energies (eV)
Ionization Energy I.E. unc. vertical I.E. v.I.E. unc. reference
9.690 0.070 10.000   webbook
Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Electric dipole moment dipole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Dipole (Debye) Reference comment Point Group Components
x y z total dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' C1 True       3.760 NSRDS-NBS10 DR C1 3 5
Experimental dipole measurement abbreviations: MW microwave; DT Dielectric with Temperature variation; DR Indirect (usually an upper limit); MB Molecular beam
Calculated electric dipole moments for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide).
Electric quadrupole moment quadrupole
State Config State description Conf description Exp. min. Quadrupole (D Å) Reference comment Point Group Components
xx yy zz dipole quadrupole
1 1 1A' C1 True       C1 3 5

Calculated electric quadrupole moments for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide).
Electric dipole polarizability (Å3) polarizability
alpha unc. Reference
5.670   1998Gus/Rui:163

Calculated electric dipole polarizability for CH3CONH2 (Acetamide).

References
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squib reference DOI
1973Kit/Kuc:3048 Kitano, M., Kuchitsu, K., Molecular Structure of Acetamide as Studied by Gas Electron Diffraction, Bulletin of the Chem. Soc. Of Japan, Vol. 46, pgs. 3048-3051 10.1246/bcsj.46.3048
1998Gus/Rui:163 M Gussoni, R Rui, G Zerbi "Electronic and relaxation contribution to linear molecular polarizability. An analysis of the experimental values" J. Mol. Struct. 447 (1998) 163-215 10.1016/S0022-2860(97)00292-5
1998Samdal:165 Samdal. Acetamide, a challenge to theory and experiment? On the molecular structure, conformation, potential to internal rotation of the methyl group and force fields of free acetamide as studied by quantum chemical calculations. J. Mol. Struct. Vol. 440. pgs. 165-174. 10.1016/S0022-2860(97)00264-0
2001Sue/Gol:188 RD Suenram, GY Golubiantikov, II Leonov, JT Hougen, J Ortigoso, I Kleiner, GT Fraser "Reinvestigation of the Microwave Spectrum of Acetamide" J. Mol. Spect. 208, 188-193, 2001 10.1006/jmsp.2001.8377
2002Yam/Hag:144 A Yamaguchi, S Hagiwara, H Odashima, K Takagi, S Tsunekawa "The Microwave Spectrum of Acetamide (CH3CONH2) in the Frequecny Range from 12 to 200 GHz" J. Mol. Spec. 215, 144-154, 2002 10.1006/jmsp.2002.8612
NSRDS-NBS10 R. D. Nelson Jr., D. R. Lide, A. A. Maryott "Selected Values of electric dipole moments for molecules in the gas phase" NSRDS-NBS10, 1967 10.6028/NBS.NSRDS.10
TRC Frenkel, M; Marsh, K.N.; Wilhoit, R.C.; Kabo, G.J.; Roganov, G.N.,Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds in the Gas State,Thermodynamics Research Center, College Station, TX, 1994  
webbook NIST Chemistry Webbook (http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry) 10.18434/T4D303

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