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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.326250
Energy at 298.15K-211.333550
HF Energy-211.326250
Nuclear repulsion energy154.130205
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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' 3163 2999 24.08      
2 A' 3096 2936 22.57      
3 A' 3081 2921 1.62      
4 A' 3076 2917 19.83      
5 A' 2400 2276 11.84      
6 A' 1540 1460 7.11      
7 A' 1526 1447 1.66      
8 A' 1500 1422 3.65      
9 A' 1449 1374 3.18      
10 A' 1411 1338 2.70      
11 A' 1322 1254 1.32      
12 A' 1134 1075 4.33      
13 A' 1075 1019 0.13      
14 A' 982 931 1.86      
15 A' 898 852 2.26      
16 A' 540 512 1.03      
17 A' 351 333 0.08      
18 A' 167 159 6.18      
19 A" 3158 2995 45.75      
20 A" 3137 2975 0.07      
21 A" 3119 2958 0.30      
22 A" 1534 1455 9.52      
23 A" 1347 1278 0.01      
24 A" 1279 1213 0.04      
25 A" 1145 1086 0.43      
26 A" 887 841 0.14      
27 A" 754 715 5.08      
28 A" 398 378 0.46      
29 A" 251 238 0.01      
30 A" 101 96 4.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22909.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21725.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.80152 0.07537 0.07164

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.607 0.380 0.000
C2 -1.455 0.499 0.000
C3 0.000 0.630 0.000
C4 0.719 -0.726 0.000
C5 2.233 -0.559 0.000
H6 0.292 1.215 0.879
H7 0.292 1.215 -0.879
H8 0.401 -1.298 0.878
H9 0.401 -1.298 -0.878
H10 2.732 -1.532 0.000
H11 2.574 -0.011 0.885
H12 2.574 -0.011 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15852.61913.50524.93063.14273.14273.55483.55485.67095.27015.2701
C21.15851.46072.49493.83662.08292.08292.72812.72814.65294.15564.1556
C32.61911.46071.53512.53011.09601.09602.15622.15623.48392.79582.7958
C43.50522.49491.53511.52352.17372.17371.09461.09462.16812.17572.1757
C54.93063.83662.53011.52352.77312.77312.16162.16161.09331.09491.0949
H63.14272.08291.09602.17372.77311.75882.51573.06863.77802.59013.1337
H73.14272.08291.09602.17372.77311.75883.06862.51573.77803.13372.5901
H83.55482.72812.15621.09462.16162.51573.06861.75552.50112.52493.0791
H93.55482.72812.15621.09462.16163.06862.51571.75552.50113.07912.5249
H105.67094.65293.48392.16811.09333.77803.77802.50112.50111.76691.7669
H115.27014.15562.79582.17571.09492.59013.13372.52493.07911.76691.7692
H125.27014.15562.79582.17571.09493.13372.59013.07912.52491.76691.7692

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.297 C2 C3 C4 112.756
C2 C3 H6 108.273 C2 C3 H7 108.273
C3 C4 C5 111.626 C3 C4 H8 109.006
C3 C4 H9 109.006 C4 C3 H6 110.303
C4 C3 H7 110.303 C4 C5 H10 110.818
C4 C5 H11 111.336 C4 C5 H12 111.336
C5 C4 H8 110.223 C5 C4 H9 110.223
H6 C3 H7 106.719 H8 C4 H9 106.616
H10 C5 H11 107.697 H10 C5 H12 107.697
H11 C5 H12 107.787
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.489      
2 C 0.366      
3 C -0.400      
4 C -0.327      
5 C -0.525      
6 H 0.222      
7 H 0.222      
8 H 0.193      
9 H 0.193      
10 H 0.188      
11 H 0.177      
12 H 0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.099 0.060 0.000 4.100
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.062 0.967 0.000
y 0.967 -29.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.843
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.355 0.967 0.000
y 0.967 6.381 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.974
Polar
3z2-r211.948
x2-y2-12.491
xy0.967
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.817 -0.242 0.000
y -0.242 5.601 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.298


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 158.878
(<r2>)1/2 12.605