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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-210.879764
Energy at 298.15K-210.887067
HF Energy-210.019515
Nuclear repulsion energy158.949297
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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3180 3013 16.32      
2 A' 3176 3009 27.61      
3 A' 3100 2937 4.11      
4 A' 3091 2929 10.34      
5 A' 2351 2227 1.95      
6 A' 1540 1459 8.09      
7 A' 1531 1450 6.20      
8 A' 1455 1378 2.79      
9 A' 1379 1307 7.24      
10 A' 1218 1154 2.49      
11 A' 1146 1086 4.65      
12 A' 952 902 0.39      
13 A' 783 742 0.91      
14 A' 553 523 1.13      
15 A' 354 336 0.28      
16 A' 293 277 1.05      
17 A' 225 213 2.65      
18 A" 3178 3011 9.88      
19 A" 3171 3005 0.11      
20 A" 3090 2927 12.36      
21 A" 1520 1440 2.68      
22 A" 1518 1438 0.33      
23 A" 1435 1359 3.08      
24 A" 1356 1285 0.45      
25 A" 1160 1099 1.79      
26 A" 994 942 0.38      
27 A" 951 901 1.67      
28 A" 572 542 0.03      
29 A" 232 220 0.01      
30 A" 190 180 5.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22846.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21644.6 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.26530 0.13178 0.09656

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.408 -2.180 0.000
C2 0.027 -1.084 0.000
C3 -0.446 0.312 0.000
C4 0.027 1.029 1.272
C5 0.027 1.029 -1.272
H6 -1.540 0.272 0.000
H7 -0.358 2.051 1.283
H8 -0.323 0.516 2.170
H9 1.118 1.071 1.304
H10 -0.358 2.051 -1.283
H11 -0.323 0.516 -2.170
H12 1.118 1.071 -1.304

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15982.63403.47273.47273.13224.48703.53713.57374.48703.53713.5737
C21.15981.47422.46672.46672.07313.40962.71902.74533.40962.71902.7453
C32.63401.47421.53541.53541.09472.16312.18312.17382.16312.18312.1738
C43.47272.46671.53542.54502.15591.09241.09151.09242.77923.49812.7987
C53.47272.46671.53542.54502.15592.77923.49812.79871.09241.09151.0924
H63.13222.07311.09472.15592.15592.49152.50003.06702.49152.50003.0670
H74.48703.40962.16311.09242.77922.49151.77331.77222.56613.77913.1361
H83.53712.71902.18311.09153.49812.50001.77331.77053.77914.34013.8023
H93.57372.74532.17381.09242.79873.06701.77221.77053.13613.80232.6089
H104.48703.40962.16312.77921.09242.49152.56613.77913.13611.77331.7722
H113.53712.71902.18313.49811.09152.50003.77914.34013.80231.77331.7705
H123.57372.74532.17382.79871.09243.06703.13613.80232.60891.77221.7705

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 179.540 C2 C3 C4 110.078
C2 C3 C5 110.078 C2 C3 H6 106.671
C3 C4 H7 109.656 C3 C4 H8 111.293
C3 C4 H9 110.493 C3 C5 H10 109.656
C3 C5 H11 111.293 C3 C5 H12 110.493
C4 C3 C5 111.944 C4 C3 H6 108.957
C5 C3 H6 108.957 H7 C4 H8 108.581
H7 C4 H9 108.414 H8 C4 H9 108.330
H10 C5 H11 108.581 H10 C5 H12 108.414
H11 C5 H12 108.330
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability