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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCH2CN (Methoxyacetonitrile)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 1A'
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-247.332430
Energy at 298.15K-247.337953
HF Energy-247.332430
Nuclear repulsion energy156.888754
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 TPSSh/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' 3139 3139 20.18      
2 A' 2979 2979 62.00      
3 A' 2967 2967 25.44      
4 A' 2346 2346 0.23      
5 A' 1523 1523 5.38      
6 A' 1503 1503 6.57      
7 A' 1481 1481 1.08      
8 A' 1409 1409 36.90      
9 A' 1217 1217 26.47      
10 A' 1134 1134 159.46      
11 A' 979 979 34.83      
12 A' 947 947 6.12      
13 A' 545 545 1.49      
14 A' 364 364 1.62      
15 A' 177 177 2.08      
16 A" 3029 3029 59.03      
17 A" 2993 2993 38.66      
18 A" 1498 1498 7.86      
19 A" 1254 1254 3.47      
20 A" 1175 1175 3.90      
21 A" 1027 1027 2.19      
22 A" 373 373 1.09      
23 A" 223 223 4.15      
24 A" 84 84 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17183.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17183.0 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 TPSSh/6-311G**
ABC
0.98251 0.08211 0.07803

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -2.132 -0.372 0.000
O2 -0.731 -0.618 0.000
C3 0.000 0.590 0.000
C4 1.433 0.284 0.000
N5 2.570 0.073 0.000
H6 -2.615 -1.348 0.000
H7 -2.438 0.187 0.895
H8 -2.438 0.187 -0.895
H9 -0.226 1.198 -0.890
H10 -0.226 1.198 0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 C4 N5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.42272.33893.62454.72271.08901.09911.09912.62522.6252
O21.42271.41192.34403.37222.02012.08952.08952.08492.0849
C32.33891.41191.46502.62103.25442.62862.62861.10121.1012
C43.62452.34401.46501.15624.36373.97443.97442.09232.0923
N54.72273.37222.62101.15625.37545.08875.08873.14163.1416
H61.08902.02013.25444.36375.37541.78611.78613.60323.6032
H71.09912.08952.62863.97445.08871.78611.79063.01752.4329
H81.09912.08952.62863.97445.08871.78611.79062.43293.0175
H92.62522.08491.10122.09233.14163.60323.01752.43291.7792
H102.62522.08491.10122.09233.14163.60322.43293.01751.7792

picture of Methoxyacetonitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 C3 111.200 O2 C1 H6 106.318
O2 C1 H7 111.260 O2 C1 H8 111.260
O2 C3 C4 109.116 O2 C3 H9 111.521
O2 C3 H10 111.521 C3 C4 N5 178.420
C4 C3 H9 108.407 C4 C3 H10 108.407
H6 C1 H7 109.423 H6 C1 H8 109.423
H7 C1 H8 109.101 H9 C3 H10 107.770
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.115      
2 O -0.360      
3 C 0.080      
4 C 0.073      
5 N -0.287      
6 H 0.134      
7 H 0.102      
8 H 0.102      
9 H 0.135      
10 H 0.135      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -4.383 1.744 0.000 4.718
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.504 0.045 0.000
y 0.045 4.972 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.637


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 142.957
(<r2>)1/2 11.956

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-247.335102
Energy at 298.15K-247.340704
HF Energy-247.335102
Nuclear repulsion energy159.722810
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 TPSSh/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 3142 21.18      
2 A 3104 3104 5.64      
3 A 3050 3050 43.06      
4 A 2990 2990 51.99      
5 A 2987 2987 29.73      
6 A 2326 2326 0.03      
7 A 1517 1517 9.47      
8 A 1499 1499 7.43      
9 A 1486 1486 2.69      
10 A 1476 1476 2.09      
11 A 1383 1383 14.38      
12 A 1308 1308 6.38      
13 A 1209 1209 20.68      
14 A 1174 1174 4.53      
15 A 1130 1130 129.06      
16 A 1025 1025 7.86      
17 A 928 928 34.83      
18 A 892 892 18.50      
19 A 595 595 1.68      
20 A 375 375 1.72      
21 A 357 357 1.59      
22 A 246 246 10.41      
23 A 171 171 3.09      
24 A 114 114 8.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17242.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17242.2 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 TPSSh/6-311G**
ABC
0.39722 0.11296 0.09521

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.568 -0.773 0.139
O2 1.078 0.436 -0.441
C3 -0.068 0.933 0.211
C4 -1.248 0.059 0.040
N5 -2.153 -0.648 -0.099
H6 2.463 -1.035 -0.423
H7 0.832 -1.582 0.054
H8 1.826 -0.624 1.196
H9 -0.286 1.906 -0.234
H10 0.102 1.071 1.289

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 C4 N5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.42752.36472.93733.73021.08891.09671.09853.27872.6209
O21.42751.40892.40453.42522.02082.09222.08862.01542.0847
C32.36471.40891.47802.63503.26842.67552.64261.09151.1002
C42.93732.40451.47801.15723.89612.64863.35422.10022.0992
N53.73023.42522.63501.15724.64343.13074.18443.16673.1572
H61.08892.02083.26843.89614.64341.78531.78754.02993.5968
H71.09672.09222.67552.64863.13071.78531.79183.67333.0153
H81.09852.08862.64263.35424.18441.78751.79183.59232.4190
H93.27872.01541.09152.10023.16674.02993.67333.59231.7798
H102.62092.08471.10022.09923.15723.59683.01532.41901.7798

picture of Methoxyacetonitrile state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 C3 112.959 O2 C1 H6 106.059
O2 C1 H7 111.286 O2 C1 H8 110.879
O2 C3 C4 112.777 O2 C3 H9 106.730
O2 C3 H10 111.784 C3 C4 N5 178.529
C4 C3 H9 108.714 C4 C3 H10 108.124
H6 C1 H7 109.541 H6 C1 H8 109.605
H7 C1 H8 109.411 H9 C3 H10 108.599
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.123      
2 O -0.354      
3 C 0.041      
4 C 0.073      
5 N -0.291      
6 H 0.129      
7 H 0.124      
8 H 0.099      
9 H 0.158      
10 H 0.144      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.531 1.235 1.423 3.155
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.192 0.433 0.177
y 0.433 5.832 0.220
z 0.177 0.220 4.667


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 122.905
(<r2>)1/2 11.086