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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.120696
Energy at 298.15K-211.127787
HF Energy-211.120696
Nuclear repulsion energy157.853699
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3076 3057 17.26      
2 A' 3068 3049 30.35      
3 A' 2983 2965 17.59      
4 A' 2970 2952 3.35      
5 A' 2250 2237 10.24      
6 A' 1438 1429 10.07      
7 A' 1426 1418 8.45      
8 A' 1352 1344 2.94      
9 A' 1282 1274 5.88      
10 A' 1147 1140 2.57      
11 A' 1074 1067 3.28      
12 A' 911 906 1.54      
13 A' 758 753 0.27      
14 A' 531 528 1.03      
15 A' 345 343 0.16      
16 A' 272 271 0.76      
17 A' 208 207 1.83      
18 A" 3075 3056 11.98      
19 A" 3065 3046 0.09      
20 A" 2981 2963 15.55      
21 A" 1414 1405 2.78      
22 A" 1413 1404 1.28      
23 A" 1330 1322 4.88      
24 A" 1256 1248 0.46      
25 A" 1098 1092 2.90      
26 A" 940 934 0.22      
27 A" 898 892 1.81      
28 A" 550 547 0.08      
29 A" 211 210 0.01      
30 A" 179 178 4.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21750.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9939) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21618.2 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.26190 0.13021 0.09524

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.405 -2.197 0.000
C2 0.026 -1.086 0.000
C3 -0.435 0.312 0.000
C4 0.026 1.035 1.282
C5 0.026 1.035 -1.282
H6 -1.544 0.269 0.000
H7 -0.376 2.064 1.289
H8 -0.328 0.513 2.188
H9 1.129 1.091 1.322
H10 -0.376 2.064 -1.289
H11 -0.328 0.513 -2.188
H12 1.129 1.091 -1.322

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17412.64603.49773.49773.14414.52043.55953.61704.52043.55953.6170
C21.17411.47192.47832.47832.07443.42772.73302.77543.42772.73302.7754
C32.64601.47191.54241.54241.10982.17662.19962.19112.17662.19962.1911
C43.49772.47831.54242.56372.16681.10521.10391.10502.79883.52652.8282
C53.49772.47831.54242.56372.16682.79883.52652.82821.10521.10391.1050
H63.14412.07441.10982.16682.16682.49962.51473.09322.49962.51473.0932
H74.52043.42772.17661.10522.79882.49961.79321.79282.57883.80783.1673
H83.55952.73302.19961.10393.52652.51471.79321.79103.80784.37553.8439
H93.61702.77542.19111.10502.82823.09321.79281.79103.16733.84392.6437
H104.52043.42772.17662.79881.10522.49962.57883.80783.16731.79321.7928
H113.55952.73302.19963.52651.10392.51473.80784.37553.84391.79321.7910
H123.61702.77542.19112.82821.10503.09323.16733.84392.64371.79281.7910

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 179.412 C2 C3 C4 110.582
C2 C3 C5 110.582 C2 C3 H6 106.079
C3 C4 H7 109.482 C3 C4 H8 111.364
C3 C4 H9 110.629 C3 C5 H10 109.482
C3 C5 H11 111.364 C3 C5 H12 110.629
C4 C3 C5 112.421 C4 C3 H6 108.464
C5 C3 H6 108.464 H7 C4 H8 108.528
H7 C4 H9 108.415 H8 C4 H9 108.348
H10 C5 H11 108.528 H10 C5 H12 108.415
H11 C5 H12 108.348
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.296      
2 C -0.067      
3 C 0.011      
4 C 0.864      
5 C 0.864      
6 H -0.300      
7 H -0.207      
8 H -0.201      
9 H -0.131      
10 H -0.207      
11 H -0.201      
12 H -0.131      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.180 3.956 0.000 4.129
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.113 1.758 0.000
y 1.758 -40.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.561
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.192 1.758 0.000
y 1.758 -9.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.021
Polar
3z2-r210.041
x2-y28.937
xy1.758
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.173 -0.587 0.000
y -0.587 10.084 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.123


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 130.830
(<r2>)1/2 11.438