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All results from a given calculation for C5H9N (Butanenitrile, 2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-250.351064
Energy at 298.15K-250.360347
Nuclear repulsion energy218.516926
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 PBEPBE/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 3088 3044 15.03      
2 A 3081 3037 16.36      
3 A 3070 3026 28.60      
4 A 3062 3018 32.94      
5 A 3029 2986 6.01      
6 A 3002 2959 13.58      
7 A 2991 2948 29.95      
8 A 2987 2944 8.21      
9 A 2958 2916 5.00      
10 A 2275 2242 9.08      
11 A 1493 1472 3.65      
12 A 1485 1464 9.00      
13 A 1481 1460 6.68      
14 A 1475 1454 9.53      
15 A 1465 1444 0.23      
16 A 1392 1372 2.45      
17 A 1384 1364 5.66      
18 A 1346 1327 0.45      
19 A 1314 1295 1.30      
20 A 1287 1268 2.73      
21 A 1253 1235 1.48      
22 A 1158 1142 2.50      
23 A 1113 1098 0.18      
24 A 1092 1076 5.97      
25 A 1034 1019 1.13      
26 A 977 964 2.08      
27 A 955 941 6.19      
28 A 885 872 0.88      
29 A 797 785 0.69      
30 A 752 741 3.96      
31 A 551 543 0.14      
32 A 525 518 1.02      
33 A 388 382 0.26      
34 A 318 314 0.47      
35 A 276 272 0.09      
36 A 222 219 0.14      
37 A 201 198 2.02      
38 A 158 155 4.85      
39 A 82 81 1.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28199.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27795.8 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.21334 0.07273 0.05812

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.526 -0.297 0.119
N2 -2.610 -0.699 -0.088
C3 -0.037 1.657 -0.150
H4 -0.161 1.698 -1.245
H5 -0.802 2.303 0.308
H6 0.954 2.064 0.105
C7 2.323 -0.426 0.080
H8 2.474 -0.407 1.174
H9 3.007 -1.183 -0.337
H10 2.631 0.553 -0.322
C11 0.871 -0.767 -0.275
H12 0.733 -0.763 -1.372
H13 0.638 -1.792 0.064
C14 -0.164 0.204 0.357
H15 -0.010 0.200 1.455

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 C3 H4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 C14 H15
C11.17402.47152.77602.70593.42473.85134.13914.64214.26652.47492.74702.63131.47132.0817
N21.17403.48893.61673.52644.51374.94295.24685.64385.39363.48693.58193.43072.64523.1546
C32.47153.48891.10291.10161.10163.15583.50964.16752.89232.59152.81773.52091.54432.1677
H42.77603.61671.10291.78561.78923.52694.15094.37803.15612.84372.62163.81282.19123.0918
H52.70593.52641.10161.78561.78454.15544.33955.20443.90483.54523.81834.34832.19532.5236
H63.42474.51371.10161.78921.78452.84143.09153.86712.29682.85773.19683.86932.18502.4952
C73.85134.94293.15583.52694.15542.84141.10481.10281.10301.53242.17862.16862.57962.7789
H84.13915.24683.50964.15094.33953.09151.10481.78101.78442.19083.10482.55412.82822.5724
H94.64215.64384.16754.37805.20443.86711.10281.78101.77692.17722.53342.47903.52993.7722
H104.26655.39362.89233.15613.90482.29681.10301.78441.77692.20082.53693.10212.89723.2025
C112.47493.48692.59152.84373.54522.85771.53242.19082.17722.20081.10561.10451.55332.1690
H122.74703.58192.81772.62163.81833.19682.17863.10482.53342.53691.10561.76952.17423.0775
H132.63133.43073.52093.81284.34833.86932.16862.55412.47903.10211.10451.76952.17072.5147
C141.47132.64521.54432.19122.19532.18502.57962.82823.52992.89721.55332.17422.17071.1089
H152.08173.15462.16773.09182.52362.49522.77892.57243.77223.20252.16903.07752.51471.1089

picture of Butanenitrile, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C14 C3 110.065 C1 C14 C11 109.794
C1 C14 H15 106.727 N2 C1 C14 179.136
C3 C14 C11 113.574 C3 C14 H15 108.461
H4 C3 H5 108.185 H4 C3 H6 108.502
H4 C3 C14 110.626 H5 C3 H6 108.188
H5 C3 C14 111.032 H6 C3 C14 110.222
C7 C11 H12 110.299 C7 C11 H13 109.587
C7 C11 C14 113.436 H8 C7 H9 107.563
H8 C7 H10 107.850 H8 C7 C11 111.315
H9 C7 H10 107.329 H9 C7 C11 110.356
H10 C7 C11 112.223 C11 C14 H15 107.962
H12 C11 H13 106.385 H12 C11 C14 108.539
H13 C11 C14 108.335
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.359      
2 N -0.474      
3 C -0.487      
4 H 0.179      
5 H 0.183      
6 H 0.174      
7 C -0.494      
8 H 0.163      
9 H 0.172      
10 H 0.167      
11 C -0.283      
12 H 0.169      
13 H 0.174      
14 C -0.195      
15 H 0.192      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  3.777 1.270 0.475 4.013
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.768 -3.742 -0.841
y -3.742 -36.969 -0.107
z -0.841 -0.107 -36.429
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.069 -3.742 -0.841
y -3.742 5.129 -0.107
z -0.841 -0.107 5.940
Polar
3z2-r211.879
x2-y2-10.799
xy-3.742
xz-0.841
yz-0.107


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.522 0.522 0.266
y 0.522 7.872 0.118
z 0.266 0.118 6.837


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 200.820
(<r2>)1/2 14.171