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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.137180
Energy at 298.15K-211.144485
HF Energy-211.137180
Nuclear repulsion energy154.395778
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3149 3014 19.04      
2 A' 3077 2945 19.58      
3 A' 3062 2930 0.86      
4 A' 3056 2925 17.00      
5 A' 2390 2287 12.40      
6 A' 1503 1439 6.42      
7 A' 1488 1424 1.38      
8 A' 1461 1398 3.18      
9 A' 1413 1352 2.47      
10 A' 1384 1325 2.61      
11 A' 1296 1241 2.06      
12 A' 1120 1072 3.19      
13 A' 1073 1026 0.18      
14 A' 980 938 1.43      
15 A' 890 851 1.92      
16 A' 544 521 0.90      
17 A' 350 335 0.12      
18 A' 166 159 6.23      
19 A" 3142 3007 35.47      
20 A" 3121 2986 0.05      
21 A" 3101 2968 0.13      
22 A" 1496 1432 7.99      
23 A" 1325 1268 0.01      
24 A" 1256 1202 0.02      
25 A" 1124 1076 0.37      
26 A" 871 833 0.12      
27 A" 743 711 4.75      
28 A" 405 387 0.66      
29 A" 251 240 0.01      
30 A" 100 96 4.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22666.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21691.8 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.80293 0.07570 0.07195

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.599 0.385 0.000
C2 -1.451 0.501 0.000
C3 0.000 0.629 0.000
C4 0.715 -0.727 0.000
C5 2.228 -0.563 0.000
H6 0.295 1.214 0.879
H7 0.295 1.214 -0.879
H8 0.394 -1.299 0.877
H9 0.394 -1.299 -0.877
H10 2.726 -1.536 0.000
H11 2.568 -0.014 0.884
H12 2.568 -0.014 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15472.61093.49644.91943.13663.13663.54483.54485.66145.25825.2582
C21.15471.45622.49013.82922.08042.08042.72252.72254.64714.14734.1473
C32.61091.45621.53282.52641.09671.09672.15382.15383.48102.79142.7914
C43.49642.49011.53281.52122.17222.17221.09521.09522.16742.17362.1736
C54.91943.82922.52641.52122.76902.76902.16162.16161.09331.09531.0953
H63.13662.08041.09672.17222.76901.75792.51503.06743.77472.58413.1284
H73.13662.08041.09672.17222.76901.75793.06742.51503.77473.12842.5841
H83.54482.72252.15381.09522.16162.51503.06741.75442.50282.52553.0792
H93.54482.72252.15381.09522.16163.06742.51501.75442.50283.07922.5255
H105.66144.64713.48102.16741.09333.77473.77472.50282.50281.76751.7675
H115.25824.14732.79142.17361.09532.58413.12842.52553.07921.76751.7687
H125.25824.14732.79142.17361.09533.12842.58413.07922.52551.76751.7687

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.232 C2 C3 C4 112.806
C2 C3 H6 108.335 C2 C3 H7 108.335
C3 C4 C5 111.630 C3 C4 H8 108.945
C3 C4 H9 108.945 C4 C3 H6 110.299
C4 C3 H7 110.299 C4 C5 H10 110.931
C4 C5 H11 111.306 C4 C5 H12 111.306
C5 C4 H8 110.359 C5 C4 H9 110.359
H6 C3 H7 106.541 H8 C4 H9 106.448
H10 C5 H11 107.722 H10 C5 H12 107.722
H11 C5 H12 107.682
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.323      
2 C 0.277      
3 C -0.379      
4 C -0.234      
5 C -0.457      
6 H 0.180      
7 H 0.180      
8 H 0.154      
9 H 0.154      
10 H 0.154      
11 H 0.148      
12 H 0.148      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.100 0.041 0.000 4.100
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.959 0.997 0.000
y 0.997 -29.526 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.757
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.317 0.997 0.000
y 0.997 6.332 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.985
Polar
3z2-r211.971
x2-y2-12.433
xy0.997
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.122 -0.307 0.000
y -0.307 5.958 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.594


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 158.281
(<r2>)1/2 12.581