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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.104448
Energy at 298.15K-211.111602
HF Energy-211.104448
Nuclear repulsion energy153.031842
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3072 3030 21.58      
2 A' 3000 2959 22.15      
3 A' 2983 2942 17.78      
4 A' 2977 2936 3.05      
5 A' 2283 2252 9.58      
6 A' 1471 1451 5.76      
7 A' 1457 1437 1.46      
8 A' 1427 1407 3.23      
9 A' 1378 1359 2.14      
10 A' 1341 1323 3.28      
11 A' 1259 1242 1.79      
12 A' 1083 1068 4.02      
13 A' 1036 1022 0.33      
14 A' 950 937 1.07      
15 A' 862 850 2.52      
16 A' 518 511 0.99      
17 A' 338 333 0.03      
18 A' 160 158 5.32      
19 A" 3064 3022 41.53      
20 A" 3040 2999 0.88      
21 A" 3016 2974 0.89      
22 A" 1464 1444 8.19      
23 A" 1289 1271 0.01      
24 A" 1220 1204 0.02      
25 A" 1090 1075 0.41      
26 A" 849 837 0.22      
27 A" 726 716 5.16      
28 A" 381 376 0.20      
29 A" 241 238 0.02      
30 A" 98 97 3.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22037.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21735.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.79108 0.07435 0.07067

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.626 0.390 0.000
C2 -1.459 0.509 0.000
C3 0.000 0.632 0.000
C4 0.723 -0.734 0.000
C5 2.245 -0.570 0.000
H6 0.301 1.222 0.885
H7 0.301 1.222 -0.885
H8 0.399 -1.309 0.884
H9 0.399 -1.309 -0.884
H10 2.746 -1.550 0.000
H11 2.591 -0.018 0.891
H12 2.591 -0.018 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17362.63763.53314.96563.16923.16923.58093.58095.71265.30835.3083
C21.17361.46412.51103.85822.09482.09482.74562.74564.68254.17964.1796
C32.63761.46411.54562.54701.10551.10552.17022.17023.50822.81552.8155
C43.53312.51101.54561.53112.18832.18831.10331.10332.18192.18932.1893
C54.96563.85822.54701.53112.78902.78902.17642.17641.10121.10311.1031
H63.16922.09481.10552.18832.78901.77052.53343.09003.80202.60443.1522
H73.16922.09481.10552.18832.78901.77053.09002.53343.80203.15222.6044
H83.58092.74562.17021.10332.17642.53343.09001.76772.51982.54373.1014
H93.58092.74562.17021.10332.17643.09002.53341.76772.51983.10142.5437
H105.71264.68253.50822.18191.10123.80203.80202.51982.51981.77951.7795
H115.30834.17962.81552.18931.10312.60443.15222.54373.10141.77951.7811
H125.30834.17962.81552.18931.10313.15222.60443.10142.54371.77951.7811

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.029 C2 C3 C4 113.058
C2 C3 H6 108.415 C2 C3 H7 108.415
C3 C4 C5 111.753 C3 C4 H8 108.877
C3 C4 H9 108.877 C4 C3 H6 110.153
C4 C3 H7 110.153 C4 C5 H10 110.914
C4 C5 H11 111.386 C4 C5 H12 111.386
C5 C4 H8 110.352 C5 C4 H9 110.352
H6 C3 H7 106.407 H8 C4 H9 106.469
H10 C5 H11 107.655 H10 C5 H12 107.655
H11 C5 H12 107.662
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.469      
2 C 0.338      
3 C -0.282      
4 C -0.222      
5 C -0.370      
6 H 0.168      
7 H 0.168      
8 H 0.141      
9 H 0.141      
10 H 0.133      
11 H 0.127      
12 H 0.127      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.025 0.029 0.000 4.025
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.750 0.973 0.000
y 0.973 -29.695 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.020
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.892 0.973 0.000
y 0.973 6.190 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.702
Polar
3z2-r211.404
x2-y2-12.055
xy0.973
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.373 -0.313 0.000
y -0.313 5.850 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.488


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.770
(<r2>)1/2 12.680