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

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-210.125720
Energy at 298.15K-210.133017
HF Energy-210.125720
Nuclear repulsion energy157.120233
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 BLYP/3-21G
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' 3059 3042 29.44      
2 A' 3052 3036 30.67      
3 A' 2986 2970 15.12      
4 A' 2972 2955 3.77      
5 A' 2238 2226 2.00      
6 A' 1538 1530 11.32      
7 A' 1531 1522 8.55      
8 A' 1430 1422 3.12      
9 A' 1348 1340 2.70      
10 A' 1179 1173 4.74      
11 A' 1134 1128 8.78      
12 A' 888 883 0.90      
13 A' 748 744 0.24      
14 A' 569 566 1.56      
15 A' 352 350 0.11      
16 A' 291 289 0.71      
17 A' 230 229 0.69      
18 A" 3055 3039 13.79      
19 A" 3047 3030 2.60      
20 A" 2983 2966 15.46      
21 A" 1519 1511 1.49      
22 A" 1518 1510 2.98      
23 A" 1413 1405 4.82      
24 A" 1306 1299 0.49      
25 A" 1092 1086 4.08      
26 A" 961 956 1.78      
27 A" 935 930 1.34      
28 A" 596 593 0.69      
29 A" 228 227 0.03      
30 A" 209 208 2.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22203.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22081.4 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.25829 0.12905 0.09452

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.154 -2.235 0.000
C2 -0.108 -1.087 0.000
C3 -0.418 0.355 0.000
C4 0.154 1.031 1.290
C5 0.154 1.031 -1.290
H6 -1.518 0.463 0.000
H7 -0.108 2.102 1.287
H8 -0.264 0.565 2.196
H9 1.250 0.933 1.313
H10 -0.108 2.102 -1.287
H11 -0.264 0.565 -2.196
H12 1.250 0.933 -1.313

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17712.65233.51203.51203.17424.53133.58283.60034.53133.58283.6003
C21.17711.47532.49452.49452.09593.43912.75262.76603.43912.75262.7660
C32.65231.47531.56491.56491.10602.19152.21142.20002.19152.21142.2000
C43.51202.49451.56492.58092.18721.10221.10111.10152.80283.54232.8265
C53.51202.49451.56492.58092.18722.80283.54232.82651.10221.10111.1015
H63.17422.09591.10602.18722.18722.51592.53093.10012.51592.53093.1001
H74.53133.43912.19151.10222.80282.51591.79291.79262.57313.81003.1573
H83.58282.75262.21141.10113.54232.53091.79291.79193.81004.39213.8395
H93.60032.76602.20001.10152.82653.10011.79261.79193.15733.83952.6253
H104.53133.43912.19152.80281.10222.51592.57313.81003.15731.79291.7926
H113.58282.75262.21143.54231.10112.53093.81004.39213.83951.79291.7919
H123.60032.76602.20002.82651.10153.10013.15733.83952.62531.79261.7919

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 179.271 C2 C3 C4 110.236
C2 C3 C5 110.236 C2 C3 H6 107.722
C3 C4 H7 109.277 C3 C4 H8 110.885
C3 C4 H9 109.972 C3 C5 H10 109.277
C3 C5 H11 110.885 C3 C5 H12 109.972
C4 C3 C5 111.097 C4 C3 H6 108.730
C5 C3 H6 108.730 H7 C4 H8 108.919
H7 C4 H9 108.866 H8 C4 H9 108.886
H10 C5 H11 108.919 H10 C5 H12 108.866
H11 C5 H12 108.886
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.469      
2 C 0.370      
3 C -0.314      
4 C -0.486      
5 C -0.486      
6 H 0.229      
7 H 0.187      
8 H 0.196      
9 H 0.195      
10 H 0.187      
11 H 0.196      
12 H 0.195      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.595 3.564 0.000 3.613
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.225 0.716 0.000
y 0.716 -38.702 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.891
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.071 0.716 0.000
y 0.716 -8.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.573
Polar
3z2-r29.146
x2-y28.477
xy0.716
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.108 -0.348 0.000
y -0.348 7.851 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.793


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 131.130
(<r2>)1/2 11.451