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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.121099
Energy at 298.15K-211.128416
HF Energy-211.121099
Nuclear repulsion energy154.118745
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/6-31G**
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' 3160 3012 22.39      
2 A' 3092 2947 21.20      
3 A' 3076 2932 1.48      
4 A' 3072 2927 18.84      
5 A' 2399 2287 11.73      
6 A' 1534 1462 7.39      
7 A' 1519 1448 1.71      
8 A' 1494 1424 3.74      
9 A' 1443 1376 3.58      
10 A' 1407 1341 2.67      
11 A' 1317 1255 1.16      
12 A' 1132 1079 4.34      
13 A' 1078 1027 0.11      
14 A' 984 938 1.86      
15 A' 898 856 2.35      
16 A' 541 515 1.01      
17 A' 351 335 0.08      
18 A' 167 159 6.11      
19 A" 3155 3007 42.61      
20 A" 3134 2987 0.06      
21 A" 3115 2969 0.27      
22 A" 1528 1456 9.81      
23 A" 1343 1280 0.01      
24 A" 1274 1214 0.04      
25 A" 1141 1088 0.46      
26 A" 884 842 0.15      
27 A" 752 717 5.16      
28 A" 398 380 0.44      
29 A" 253 241 0.01      
30 A" 101 97 4.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22871.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21798.3 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.80073 0.07542 0.07168

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.607 0.377 0.000
C2 -1.454 0.497 0.000
C3 0.000 0.630 0.000
C4 0.719 -0.726 0.000
C5 2.233 -0.556 0.000
H6 0.293 1.216 0.880
H7 0.293 1.216 -0.880
H8 0.402 -1.298 0.879
H9 0.402 -1.298 -0.879
H10 2.734 -1.529 0.000
H11 2.572 -0.006 0.886
H12 2.572 -0.006 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15942.61963.50474.92923.14473.14473.55443.55445.67145.26855.2685
C21.15941.46032.49383.83442.08402.08402.72772.72774.65274.15314.1531
C32.61961.46031.53432.52801.09741.09742.15652.15653.48362.79352.7935
C43.50472.49381.53431.52282.17392.17391.09601.09602.16912.17582.1758
C54.92923.83442.52801.52282.77092.77092.16242.16241.09461.09621.0962
H63.14472.08401.09742.17392.77091.76082.51643.07033.77752.58613.1316
H73.14472.08401.09742.17392.77091.76083.07032.51643.77753.13162.5861
H83.55442.72772.15651.09602.16242.51643.07031.75742.50312.52593.0810
H93.55442.72772.15651.09602.16243.07032.51641.75742.50313.08102.5259
H105.67144.65273.48362.16911.09463.77753.77752.50312.50311.76901.7690
H115.26854.15312.79352.17581.09622.58613.13162.52593.08101.76901.7711
H125.26854.15312.79352.17581.09623.13162.58613.08102.52591.76901.7711

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.263 C2 C3 C4 112.752
C2 C3 H6 108.306 C2 C3 H7 108.306
C3 C4 C5 111.568 C3 C4 H8 109.010
C3 C4 H9 109.010 C4 C3 H6 110.285
C4 C3 H7 110.285 C4 C5 H10 110.875
C4 C5 H11 111.311 C4 C5 H12 111.311
C5 C4 H8 110.256 C5 C4 H9 110.256
H6 C3 H7 106.693 H8 C4 H9 106.601
H10 C5 H11 107.703 H10 C5 H12 107.703
H11 C5 H12 107.769
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.476      
2 C 0.356      
3 C -0.404      
4 C -0.329      
5 C -0.527      
6 H 0.223      
7 H 0.223      
8 H 0.194      
9 H 0.194      
10 H 0.189      
11 H 0.178      
12 H 0.178      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.087 0.064 0.000 4.088
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.094 0.951 0.000
y 0.951 -29.648 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.916
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.312 0.951 0.000
y 0.951 6.357 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.955
Polar
3z2-r211.910
x2-y2-12.446
xy0.951
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.835 -0.238 0.000
y -0.238 5.615 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.313


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 158.854
(<r2>)1/2 12.604