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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-210.733295
Energy at 298.15K-210.740596
HF Energy-209.994812
Nuclear repulsion energy153.654671
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 CCSD=FULL/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' 3152 2994 26.09      
2 A' 3087 2932 24.14      
3 A' 3080 2925 0.06      
4 A' 3069 2915 18.78      
5 A' 2369 2251 1.26      
6 A' 1560 1482 6.41      
7 A' 1546 1469 1.52      
8 A' 1531 1454 2.80      
9 A' 1473 1399 2.86      
10 A' 1441 1369 1.88      
11 A' 1344 1277 1.15      
12 A' 1151 1093 2.65      
13 A' 1090 1036 0.01      
14 A' 982 933 2.53      
15 A' 905 859 2.03      
16 A' 529 503 0.86      
17 A' 355 337 0.09      
18 A' 167 159 6.27      
19 A" 3148 2990 49.98      
20 A" 3131 2974 0.25      
21 A" 3114 2958 0.02      
22 A" 1551 1473 8.22      
23 A" 1363 1294 0.03      
24 A" 1299 1234 0.04      
25 A" 1166 1108 0.12      
26 A" 902 857 0.13      
27 A" 761 723 3.31      
28 A" 382 363 0.63      
29 A" 249 237 0.01      
30 A" 101 96 4.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22999.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9498) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21845.1 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.79466 0.07498 0.07125

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.622 0.347 0.000
C2 -1.464 0.482 0.000
C3 0.000 0.635 0.000
C4 0.728 -0.717 0.000
C5 2.244 -0.536 0.000
H6 0.286 1.222 0.882
H7 0.286 1.222 -0.882
H8 0.415 -1.293 0.880
H9 0.415 -1.293 -0.880
H10 2.753 -1.507 0.000
H11 2.576 0.017 0.887
H12 2.576 0.017 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16552.63733.51424.94523.16153.16153.56123.56125.68535.28285.2828
C21.16551.47192.49843.84542.09432.09432.73032.73034.66254.16204.1620
C32.63731.47191.53542.53141.09761.09762.15912.15913.48792.79342.7934
C43.51422.49841.53541.52722.17612.17611.09721.09722.17382.17762.1776
C54.94523.84542.53141.52722.77622.77622.16642.16641.09581.09711.0971
H63.16152.09431.09762.17612.77621.76412.51823.07363.78352.58793.1349
H73.16152.09431.09762.17612.77621.76413.07362.51823.78353.13492.5879
H83.56122.73032.15911.09722.16642.51823.07361.76062.50762.52703.0838
H93.56122.73032.15911.09722.16643.07362.51821.76062.50763.08382.5270
H105.68534.66253.48792.17381.09583.78353.78352.50762.50761.77241.7724
H115.28284.16202.79342.17761.09712.58793.13492.52703.08381.77241.7743
H125.28284.16202.79342.17761.09713.13492.58793.08382.52701.77241.7743

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.286 C2 C3 C4 112.338
C2 C3 H6 108.312 C2 C3 H7 108.312
C3 C4 C5 111.487 C3 C4 H8 109.062
C3 C4 H9 109.062 C4 C3 H6 110.368
C4 C3 H7 110.368 C4 C5 H10 110.870
C4 C5 H11 111.096 C4 C5 H12 111.096
C5 C4 H8 110.199 C5 C4 H9 110.199
H6 C3 H7 106.961 H8 C4 H9 106.703
H10 C5 H11 107.854 H10 C5 H12 107.854
H11 C5 H12 107.927
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability