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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.322732
Energy at 298.15K-211.330028
HF Energy-211.322732
Nuclear repulsion energy154.753884
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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' 3142 3016 26.32      
2 A' 3079 2956 23.58      
3 A' 3066 2944 0.66      
4 A' 3056 2934 21.19      
5 A' 2393 2297 12.28      
6 A' 1509 1448 8.72      
7 A' 1495 1435 1.57      
8 A' 1469 1410 4.09      
9 A' 1418 1361 3.65      
10 A' 1387 1332 2.58      
11 A' 1299 1248 1.07      
12 A' 1120 1076 3.24      
13 A' 1069 1026 0.17      
14 A' 977 938 1.83      
15 A' 890 854 2.11      
16 A' 541 520 0.95      
17 A' 344 331 0.08      
18 A' 166 159 6.04      
19 A" 3138 3012 48.78      
20 A" 3118 2993 0.15      
21 A" 3100 2976 0.33      
22 A" 1502 1442 9.76      
23 A" 1329 1276 0.01      
24 A" 1259 1209 0.04      
25 A" 1127 1082 0.23      
26 A" 873 838 0.18      
27 A" 743 713 4.22      
28 A" 397 382 0.28      
29 A" 247 237 0.03      
30 A" 99 95 4.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22674.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21770.1 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
0.80757 0.07597 0.07221

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.593 0.387 0.000
C2 -1.449 0.502 0.000
C3 0.000 0.627 0.000
C4 0.713 -0.727 0.000
C5 2.224 -0.564 0.000
H6 0.291 1.210 0.877
H7 0.291 1.210 -0.877
H8 0.395 -1.295 0.875
H9 0.395 -1.295 -0.875
H10 2.720 -1.534 0.000
H11 2.564 -0.018 0.882
H12 2.564 -0.018 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15002.60423.48914.91013.12493.12493.53863.53865.65015.24725.2472
C21.15001.45432.48703.82442.07322.07322.71912.71914.63984.14094.1409
C32.60421.45431.53042.52301.09251.09252.14882.14883.47442.78662.7866
C43.48912.48701.53041.51942.16742.16741.09111.09112.16322.16872.1687
C54.91013.82442.52301.51942.76622.76622.15592.15591.08971.09141.0914
H63.12492.07321.09252.16742.76621.75432.50733.05873.76822.58283.1248
H73.12492.07321.09252.16742.76621.75433.05872.50733.76823.12482.5828
H83.53862.71912.14881.09112.15592.50733.05871.74972.49642.51753.0698
H93.53862.71912.14881.09112.15593.05872.50731.74972.49643.06982.5175
H105.65014.63983.47442.16321.08973.76823.76822.49642.49641.76111.7611
H115.24724.14092.78662.16871.09142.58283.12482.51753.06981.76111.7636
H125.24724.14092.78662.16871.09143.12482.58283.06982.51751.76111.7636

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.212 C2 C3 C4 112.841
C2 C3 H6 108.146 C2 C3 H7 108.146
C3 C4 C5 111.634 C3 C4 H8 108.953
C3 C4 H9 108.953 C4 C3 H6 110.337
C4 C3 H7 110.337 C4 C5 H10 110.944
C4 C5 H11 111.280 C4 C5 H12 111.280
C5 C4 H8 110.273 C5 C4 H9 110.273
H6 C3 H7 106.815 H8 C4 H9 106.611
H10 C5 H11 107.692 H10 C5 H12 107.692
H11 C5 H12 107.783
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.261      
2 C 0.070      
3 C -0.225      
4 C -0.281      
5 C -0.338      
6 H 0.173      
7 H 0.173      
8 H 0.151      
9 H 0.151      
10 H 0.136      
11 H 0.125      
12 H 0.125      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.107 0.033 0.000 4.107
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.462 0.969 0.000
y 0.969 -30.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.229
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.346 0.969 0.000
y 0.969 6.343 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.003
Polar
3z2-r212.006
x2-y2-12.459
xy0.969
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.347 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 6.114 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.674


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 158.062
(<r2>)1/2 12.572