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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHNH (ethanimine)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes CS NH down 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS NH up)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS NH down)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-133.822254
Energy at 298.15K-133.827702
HF Energy-133.822254
Nuclear repulsion energy71.018368
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3443 3303 4.48      
2 A' 3137 3010 24.48      
3 A' 3075 2950 29.79      
4 A' 3041 2918 8.45      
5 A' 1761 1689 73.34      
6 A' 1472 1412 28.97      
7 A' 1432 1374 22.57      
8 A' 1386 1330 10.72      
9 A' 1284 1232 57.52      
10 A' 1070 1026 19.59      
11 A' 917 880 4.75      
12 A' 490 470 7.50      
13 A" 3111 2985 10.32      
14 A" 1466 1406 12.05      
15 A" 1156 1109 48.49      
16 A" 1074 1030 9.67      
17 A" 693 665 7.20      
18 A" 173 166 0.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15089.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14477.0 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
1.69772 0.32908 0.29044

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.015 -0.622 0.000
C2 0.000 0.479 0.000
N3 1.262 0.380 0.000
H4 -0.540 -1.606 0.000
H5 -1.664 -0.542 0.879
H6 -1.664 -0.542 -0.879
H7 -0.410 1.496 0.000
H8 1.534 -0.607 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 N3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49722.48691.09321.09531.09532.20272.5488
C21.49721.26542.15412.14072.14071.09651.8797
N32.48691.26542.68133.19043.19042.00961.0240
H41.09322.15412.68131.78001.78003.10522.3018
H51.09532.14073.19041.78001.75772.54943.3169
H61.09532.14073.19041.78001.75772.54943.3169
H72.20271.09652.00963.10522.54942.54942.8639
H82.54881.87971.02402.30183.31693.31692.8639

picture of ethanimine state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 N3 128.178 C1 C2 H7 115.396
C2 C1 H4 111.570 C2 C1 H5 110.363
C2 C1 H6 110.363 C2 N3 H8 109.925
N3 C2 H7 116.426 H4 C1 H5 108.847
H4 C1 H6 108.847 H5 C1 H6 106.711
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.350      
2 C -0.012      
3 N -0.324      
4 H 0.122      
5 H 0.142      
6 H 0.142      
7 H 0.121      
8 H 0.159      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.013 -1.443 0.000 2.477
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.143 -3.201 0.000
y -3.201 -18.895 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -19.673
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.859 -3.201 0.000
y -3.201 1.513 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.346
Polar
3z2-r20.692
x2-y2-2.249
xy-3.201
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.754 -0.039 0.000
y -0.039 4.395 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.110


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.124
(<r2>)1/2 7.080