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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-208.743050
Energy at 298.15K-208.750021
HF Energy-208.743050
Nuclear repulsion energy156.581300
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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
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' 3545 3116 0.03      
2 A' 3542 3113 0.05      
3 A' 3398 2986 0.18      
4 A' 3366 2958 0.31      
5 A' 2436 2141 9.54      
6 A' 1695 1490 4.92      
7 A' 1689 1485 7.86      
8 A' 1588 1396 0.86      
9 A' 1464 1287 11.53      
10 A' 1299 1142 4.60      
11 A' 1219 1072 8.58      
12 A' 1011 889 1.18      
13 A' 820 721 0.67      
14 A' 565 497 1.90      
15 A' 362 318 0.15      
16 A' 278 245 0.81      
17 A' 214 188 0.85      
18 A" 3544 3115 0.00      
19 A" 3540 3112 0.03      
20 A" 3366 2958 0.27      
21 A" 1686 1482 2.36      
22 A" 1683 1479 0.35      
23 A" 1570 1380 0.73      
24 A" 1455 1279 0.85      
25 A" 1244 1093 1.67      
26 A" 1067 937 0.70      
27 A" 1028 903 2.95      
28 A" 578 508 0.01      
29 A" 218 191 0.04      
30 A" 192 168 2.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24830.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21823.5 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 mPW1PW91/STO-3G
ABC
0.25982 0.12671 0.09327

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.151 -2.262 0.000
C2 -0.102 -1.098 0.000
C3 -0.409 0.370 0.000
C4 0.151 1.040 1.288
C5 0.151 1.040 -1.288
H6 -1.511 0.471 0.000
H7 -0.115 2.105 1.290
H8 -0.272 0.568 2.184
H9 1.244 0.950 1.323
H10 -0.115 2.105 -1.290
H11 -0.272 0.568 -2.184
H12 1.244 0.950 -1.323

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.19092.69093.54363.54363.19874.56083.59893.64104.56083.59893.6410
C21.19091.50012.50822.50822.10943.45272.75152.78443.45272.75152.7844
C32.69091.50011.55561.55561.10682.18162.19682.19522.18162.19682.1952
C43.54362.50821.55562.57542.17811.09761.09731.09722.80203.52862.8321
C53.54362.50821.55562.57542.17812.80203.52862.83211.09761.09731.0972
H63.19872.10941.10682.17812.17812.50662.51263.09372.50662.51263.0937
H74.56083.45272.18161.09762.80202.50661.78451.78362.58083.80203.1643
H83.59892.75152.19681.09733.52862.51261.78451.78413.80204.36713.8396
H93.64102.78442.19521.09722.83213.09371.78361.78413.16433.83962.6469
H104.56083.45272.18162.80201.09762.50662.58083.80203.16431.78451.7836
H113.59892.75152.19683.52861.09732.51263.80204.36713.83961.78451.7841
H123.64102.78442.19522.83211.09723.09373.16433.83962.64691.78361.7841

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 179.594 C2 C3 C4 110.324
C2 C3 C5 110.324 C2 C3 H6 107.064
C3 C4 H7 109.416 C3 C4 H8 110.611
C3 C4 H9 110.498 C3 C5 H10 109.416
C3 C5 H11 110.611 C3 C5 H12 110.498
C4 C3 C5 111.744 C4 C3 H6 108.619
C5 C3 H6 108.619 H7 C4 H8 108.787
H7 C4 H9 108.715 H8 C4 H9 108.771
H10 C5 H11 108.787 H10 C5 H12 108.715
H11 C5 H12 108.771
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.194      
2 C 0.058      
3 C -0.052      
4 C -0.226      
5 C -0.226      
6 H 0.105      
7 H 0.087      
8 H 0.091      
9 H 0.090      
10 H 0.087      
11 H 0.091      
12 H 0.090      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.543 3.173 0.000 3.220
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.093 0.634 0.000
y 0.634 -35.852 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.052
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.859 0.634 0.000
y 0.634 -7.780 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.920
Polar
3z2-r27.841
x2-y27.759
xy0.634
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.743 -0.297 0.000
y -0.297 4.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.998


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 130.832
(<r2>)1/2 11.438