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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(CH3)CN (Propanenitrile, 2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.350251
Energy at 298.15K-211.357505
HF Energy-211.350251
Nuclear repulsion energy159.011959
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3165 3033 18.58      
2 A' 3157 3026 32.05      
3 A' 3073 2945 8.33      
4 A' 3069 2941 11.24      
5 A' 2367 2268 12.98      
6 A' 1492 1430 10.14      
7 A' 1481 1419 8.84      
8 A' 1408 1350 3.56      
9 A' 1339 1283 6.82      
10 A' 1192 1143 2.91      
11 A' 1118 1071 4.25      
12 A' 944 905 1.07      
13 A' 782 750 0.55      
14 A' 552 529 1.21      
15 A' 354 340 0.23      
16 A' 284 272 1.02      
17 A' 218 209 2.19      
18 A" 3164 3032 12.19      
19 A" 3154 3022 0.07      
20 A" 3067 2939 15.84      
21 A" 1468 1407 3.62      
22 A" 1467 1406 0.47      
23 A" 1387 1329 5.25      
24 A" 1312 1258 0.18      
25 A" 1144 1097 2.32      
26 A" 976 935 0.39      
27 A" 931 892 1.96      
28 A" 575 551 0.00      
29 A" 220 210 0.01      
30 A" 187 180 4.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22523.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21584.5 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.26523 0.13214 0.09659

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.400 -2.179 0.000
C2 0.027 -1.082 0.000
C3 -0.434 0.312 0.000
C4 0.027 1.028 1.274
C5 0.027 1.028 -1.274
H6 -1.533 0.267 0.000
H7 -0.370 2.050 1.283
H8 -0.327 0.510 2.172
H9 1.121 1.080 1.314
H10 -0.370 2.050 -1.283
H11 -0.327 0.510 -2.172
H12 1.121 1.080 -1.314

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15922.62673.47083.47083.11784.48613.53243.58774.48613.53243.5877
C21.15921.46762.46432.46432.06203.40762.71602.75673.40762.71602.7567
C32.62671.46761.53221.53221.10002.16162.18372.17622.16162.18372.1762
C43.47082.46431.53222.54792.15261.09651.09531.09632.78233.50262.8105
C53.47082.46431.53222.54792.15262.78233.50262.81051.09651.09531.0963
H63.11782.06201.10002.15262.15262.48552.49623.07112.48552.49623.0711
H74.48613.40762.16161.09652.78232.48551.77871.77862.56633.78313.1479
H83.53242.71602.18371.09533.50262.49621.77871.77703.78314.34413.8179
H93.58772.75672.17621.09632.81053.07111.77861.77703.14793.81792.6285
H104.48613.40762.16162.78231.09652.48552.56633.78313.14791.77871.7786
H113.53242.71602.18373.50261.09532.49623.78314.34413.81791.77871.7770
H123.58772.75672.17622.81051.09633.07113.14793.81792.62851.77861.7770

picture of Propanenitrile, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.503 C2 C3 C4 110.450
C2 C3 C5 110.450 C2 C3 H6 105.973
C3 C4 H7 109.513 C3 C4 H8 111.333
C3 C4 H9 110.673 C3 C5 H10 109.513
C3 C5 H11 111.333 C3 C5 H12 110.673
C4 C3 C5 112.490 C4 C3 H6 108.616
C5 C3 H6 108.616 H7 C4 H8 108.487
H7 C4 H9 108.410 H8 C4 H9 108.348
H10 C5 H11 108.487 H10 C5 H12 108.410
H11 C5 H12 108.348
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.310      
2 C -0.116      
3 C -0.206      
4 C 0.705      
5 C 0.705      
6 H -0.169      
7 H -0.126      
8 H -0.121      
9 H -0.059      
10 H -0.126      
11 H -0.121      
12 H -0.059      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.197 4.029 0.000 4.203
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.690 1.778 0.000
y 1.778 -39.739 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.156
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.257 1.778 0.000
y 1.778 -9.315 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.058
Polar
3z2-r210.116
x2-y29.048
xy1.778
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.816 -0.539 0.000
y -0.539 9.473 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.676


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 129.063
(<r2>)1/2 11.361