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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.109405
Energy at 298.15K-211.116584
HF Energy-211.109405
Nuclear repulsion energy153.266332
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(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' 3064 3032 19.77      
2 A' 2993 2962 21.05      
3 A' 2976 2945 16.23      
4 A' 2971 2940 3.08      
5 A' 2277 2253 9.85      
6 A' 1458 1443 5.19      
7 A' 1442 1427 1.38      
8 A' 1413 1398 2.75      
9 A' 1365 1351 1.37      
10 A' 1328 1315 3.40      
11 A' 1252 1239 2.71      
12 A' 1079 1068 3.05      
13 A' 1035 1024 0.40      
14 A' 950 940 0.89      
15 A' 860 851 1.90      
16 A' 523 518 0.83      
17 A' 339 336 0.04      
18 A' 161 159 5.47      
19 A" 3056 3024 37.13      
20 A" 3032 3001 0.68      
21 A" 3007 2976 0.66      
22 A" 1451 1436 7.09      
23 A" 1281 1268 0.00      
24 A" 1214 1201 0.01      
25 A" 1085 1074 0.33      
26 A" 844 836 0.16      
27 A" 723 715 4.50      
28 A" 390 386 0.33      
29 A" 247 244 0.01      
30 A" 98 97 4.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21955.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9897) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21729.7 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(2df,p)
ABC
0.79249 0.07461 0.07092

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.619 0.396 0.000
C2 -1.456 0.510 0.000
C3 0.000 0.632 0.000
C4 0.719 -0.735 0.000
C5 2.241 -0.574 0.000
H6 0.303 1.221 0.884
H7 0.303 1.221 -0.884
H8 0.393 -1.309 0.883
H9 0.393 -1.309 -0.883
H10 2.740 -1.555 0.000
H11 2.587 -0.022 0.890
H12 2.587 -0.022 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16902.62983.52494.95643.16263.16263.57293.57295.70395.29815.2981
C21.16901.46092.50643.85292.09312.09312.74072.74074.67714.17364.1736
C32.62981.46091.54432.54501.10521.10522.16872.16873.50602.81272.8127
C43.52492.50641.54431.53062.18672.18671.10301.10302.18132.18832.1883
C54.95643.85292.54501.53062.78592.78592.17632.17631.10101.10301.1030
H63.16262.09311.10522.18672.78591.76892.53223.08823.79882.60023.1481
H73.16262.09311.10522.18672.78591.76893.08822.53223.79883.14812.6002
H83.57292.74072.16871.10302.17632.53223.08821.76652.51972.54343.1007
H93.57292.74072.16871.10302.17633.08822.53221.76652.51973.10072.5434
H105.70394.67713.50602.18131.10103.79883.79882.51972.51971.77971.7797
H115.29814.17362.81272.18831.10302.60023.14812.54343.10071.77971.7807
H125.29814.17362.81272.18831.10303.14812.60023.10072.54341.77971.7807

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.164 C2 C3 C4 112.994
C2 C3 H6 108.510 C2 C3 H7 108.510
C3 C4 C5 111.717 C3 C4 H8 108.869
C3 C4 H9 108.869 C4 C3 H6 110.137
C4 C3 H7 110.137 C4 C5 H10 110.913
C4 C5 H11 111.353 C4 C5 H12 111.353
C5 C4 H8 110.406 C5 C4 H9 110.406
H6 C3 H7 106.312 H8 C4 H9 106.414
H10 C5 H11 107.702 H10 C5 H12 107.702
H11 C5 H12 107.642
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.342      
2 C 0.303      
3 C -0.349      
4 C -0.193      
5 C -0.419      
6 H 0.162      
7 H 0.162      
8 H 0.136      
9 H 0.136      
10 H 0.138      
11 H 0.134      
12 H 0.134      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.025 0.010 0.000 4.026
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.808 1.012 0.000
y 1.012 -29.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.885
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.042 1.012 0.000
y 1.012 6.201 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.841
Polar
3z2-r211.683
x2-y2-12.162
xy1.012
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.565 -0.369 0.000
y -0.369 6.127 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.719


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.284
(<r2>)1/2 12.660