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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.340939
Energy at 298.15K-211.348110
HF Energy-211.340939
Nuclear repulsion energy152.794922
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/6-311G**
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' 3021 3009 32.93      
2 A' 2969 2957 29.46      
3 A' 2953 2942 20.97      
4 A' 2950 2938 2.58      
5 A' 2258 2249 8.12      
6 A' 1476 1470 6.99      
7 A' 1462 1456 1.45      
8 A' 1437 1431 3.10      
9 A' 1384 1378 1.87      
10 A' 1339 1334 3.12      
11 A' 1271 1266 1.73      
12 A' 1077 1073 3.10      
13 A' 1000 996 0.65      
14 A' 925 921 1.10      
15 A' 852 848 1.78      
16 A' 516 514 1.02      
17 A' 340 338 0.02      
18 A' 163 163 5.42      
19 A" 3018 3006 61.39      
20 A" 2994 2983 0.04      
21 A" 2974 2962 1.24      
22 A" 1469 1463 8.19      
23 A" 1294 1289 0.01      
24 A" 1228 1223 0.05      
25 A" 1100 1096 0.14      
26 A" 857 853 0.21      
27 A" 731 728 3.51      
28 A" 378 377 0.16      
29 A" 242 241 0.02      
30 A" 96 95 3.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21885.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21799.8 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.79130 0.07382 0.07018

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.624 0.422 0.000
C2 -1.464 0.526 0.000
C3 0.000 0.636 0.000
C4 0.718 -0.745 0.000
C5 2.252 -0.597 0.000
H6 0.304 1.220 0.883
H7 0.304 1.220 -0.883
H8 0.391 -1.315 0.882
H9 0.391 -1.315 -0.882
H10 2.737 -1.583 0.000
H11 2.603 -0.052 0.889
H12 2.603 -0.052 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16482.63263.53974.98123.16093.16093.59033.59035.72425.32315.3231
C21.16481.46792.52493.88182.09472.09472.75902.75904.70114.20284.2028
C32.63261.46791.55572.56711.10221.10222.17652.17653.52352.83522.8352
C43.53972.52491.55571.54112.19362.19361.10021.10022.18682.19652.1965
C54.98123.88182.56711.54112.80642.80642.18062.18061.09901.10061.1006
H63.16092.09471.10222.19362.80641.76702.53693.09093.81552.62713.1693
H73.16092.09471.10222.19362.80641.76703.09092.53693.81553.16932.6271
H83.59032.75902.17651.10022.18062.53693.09091.76432.52082.54703.1024
H93.59032.75902.17651.10022.18063.09092.53691.76432.52083.10242.5470
H105.72424.70113.52352.18681.09903.81553.81552.52082.52081.77571.7757
H115.32314.20282.83522.19651.10062.62713.16932.54703.10241.77571.7785
H125.32314.20282.83522.19651.10063.16932.62713.10242.54701.77571.7785

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.135 C2 C3 C4 113.215
C2 C3 H6 108.341 C2 C3 H7 108.341
C3 C4 C5 111.983 C3 C4 H8 108.861
C3 C4 H9 108.861 C4 C3 H6 110.072
C4 C3 H7 110.072 C4 C5 H10 110.737
C4 C5 H11 111.405 C4 C5 H12 111.405
C5 C4 H8 110.181 C5 C4 H9 110.181
H6 C3 H7 106.560 H8 C4 H9 106.613
H10 C5 H11 107.664 H10 C5 H12 107.664
H11 C5 H12 107.791
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.192      
2 C 0.002      
3 C -0.171      
4 C -0.221      
5 C -0.286      
6 H 0.146      
7 H 0.146      
8 H 0.126      
9 H 0.126      
10 H 0.115      
11 H 0.105      
12 H 0.105      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.029 -0.021 0.000 4.029
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.952 1.097 0.000
y 1.097 -30.583 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.782
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.269 1.097 0.000
y 1.097 6.284 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.985
Polar
3z2-r211.969
x2-y2-12.369
xy1.097
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.869 -0.396 0.000
y -0.396 6.396 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.898


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.271
(<r2>)1/2 12.739