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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.392609
Energy at 298.15K-211.399870
HF Energy-211.392609
Nuclear repulsion energy153.614140
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3124 3001 27.14      
2 A' 3061 2941 25.48      
3 A' 3045 2926 4.76      
4 A' 3043 2923 16.34      
5 A' 2369 2276 9.68      
6 A' 1522 1463 4.80      
7 A' 1507 1448 1.22      
8 A' 1482 1424 2.58      
9 A' 1431 1375 1.34      
10 A' 1395 1340 3.03      
11 A' 1311 1259 2.84      
12 A' 1116 1072 3.31      
13 A' 1048 1007 0.26      
14 A' 960 923 1.43      
15 A' 882 847 1.87      
16 A' 531 510 0.99      
17 A' 348 334 0.09      
18 A' 167 160 6.09      
19 A" 3118 2996 52.43      
20 A" 3097 2975 0.21      
21 A" 3079 2958 0.53      
22 A" 1514 1455 7.09      
23 A" 1332 1280 0.02      
24 A" 1265 1215 0.03      
25 A" 1133 1089 0.25      
26 A" 879 844 0.14      
27 A" 748 719 4.01      
28 A" 392 377 0.55      
29 A" 244 235 0.01      
30 A" 100 96 4.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22619.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21733.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.79778 0.07473 0.07103

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.615 0.392 0.000
C2 -1.460 0.508 0.000
C3 0.000 0.633 0.000
C4 0.720 -0.732 0.000
C5 2.242 -0.572 0.000
H6 0.296 1.218 0.880
H7 0.296 1.218 -0.880
H8 0.399 -1.303 0.878
H9 0.399 -1.303 -0.878
H10 2.735 -1.549 0.000
H11 2.586 -0.026 0.885
H12 2.586 -0.026 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16092.62613.51924.95153.15083.15083.56763.56765.69105.29195.2919
C21.16091.46522.50783.85612.08792.08792.73982.73984.67204.17554.1755
C32.62611.46521.54322.54531.09691.09692.16292.16293.49862.81122.8112
C43.51922.50781.54321.53012.18072.18071.09541.09542.17432.18242.1824
C54.95153.85612.54531.53012.78692.78692.16792.16791.09381.09561.0956
H63.15082.08791.09692.18072.78691.75932.52293.07483.79192.60593.1471
H73.15082.08791.09692.18072.78691.75933.07482.52293.79193.14712.6059
H83.56762.73982.16291.09542.16792.52293.07481.75602.50752.53233.0855
H93.56762.73982.16291.09542.16793.07482.52291.75602.50753.08552.5323
H105.69104.67203.49862.17431.09383.79193.79192.50752.50751.76781.7678
H115.29194.17552.81122.18241.09562.60593.14712.53233.08551.76781.7697
H125.29194.17552.81122.18241.09563.14712.60593.08552.53231.76781.7697

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.153 C2 C3 C4 112.915
C2 C3 H6 108.301 C2 C3 H7 108.301
C3 C4 C5 111.831 C3 C4 H8 108.931
C3 C4 H9 108.931 C4 C3 H6 110.233
C4 C3 H7 110.233 C4 C5 H10 110.824
C4 C5 H11 111.361 C4 C5 H12 111.361
C5 C4 H8 110.218 C5 C4 H9 110.218
H6 C3 H7 106.632 H8 C4 H9 106.558
H10 C5 H11 107.694 H10 C5 H12 107.694
H11 C5 H12 107.735
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.474      
2 C 0.327      
3 C -0.234      
4 C -0.183      
5 C -0.321      
6 H 0.151      
7 H 0.151      
8 H 0.123      
9 H 0.123      
10 H 0.116      
11 H 0.110      
12 H 0.110      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.064 0.042 0.000 4.064
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.178 0.996 0.000
y 0.996 -29.764 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.061
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.265 0.996 0.000
y 0.996 6.355 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.910
Polar
3z2-r211.820
x2-y2-12.413
xy0.996
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.968 -0.280 0.000
y -0.280 5.703 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.382


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.124
(<r2>)1/2 12.654