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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(CH3)CN (Propanenitrile, 2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.284662
Energy at 298.15K-211.291903
HF Energy-211.284662
Nuclear repulsion energy159.303154
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 B1B95/6-31+G**
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' 3175 3037 18.62      
2 A' 3168 3030 31.69      
3 A' 3082 2948 18.07      
4 A' 3078 2944 3.60      
5 A' 2384 2280 13.66      
6 A' 1515 1449 12.80      
7 A' 1506 1441 11.07      
8 A' 1427 1365 4.39      
9 A' 1351 1292 6.59      
10 A' 1197 1145 2.95      
11 A' 1127 1078 4.92      
12 A' 945 904 0.99      
13 A' 782 748 0.58      
14 A' 554 530 1.25      
15 A' 347 332 0.22      
16 A' 284 271 0.91      
17 A' 220 211 1.99      
18 A" 3174 3036 11.43      
19 A" 3166 3028 0.48      
20 A" 3079 2946 18.71      
21 A" 1494 1429 4.95      
22 A" 1492 1428 0.20      
23 A" 1406 1345 5.68      
24 A" 1322 1265 0.28      
25 A" 1144 1094 2.47      
26 A" 978 936 0.29      
27 A" 939 898 2.27      
28 A" 574 549 0.13      
29 A" 228 218 0.02      
30 A" 187 179 4.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22660.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21676.7 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.26642 0.13243 0.09689

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.401 -2.177 0.000
C2 0.027 -1.081 0.000
C3 -0.436 0.310 0.000
C4 0.027 1.027 1.271
C5 0.027 1.027 -1.271
H6 -1.530 0.266 0.000
H7 -0.366 2.045 1.279
H8 -0.322 0.514 2.168
H9 1.116 1.079 1.308
H10 -0.366 2.045 -1.279
H11 -0.322 0.514 -2.168
H12 1.116 1.079 -1.308

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15832.62393.46673.46673.11444.47763.53033.58124.47763.53033.5812
C21.15831.46562.46082.46082.05913.40002.71362.74993.40002.71362.7499
C32.62391.46561.53091.53091.09532.15682.18022.17092.15682.18022.1709
C43.46672.46081.53092.54202.14921.09161.09031.09132.77403.49412.8002
C53.46672.46081.53092.54202.14922.77403.49412.80021.09161.09031.0913
H63.11442.05911.09532.14922.14922.48112.49393.06232.48112.49393.0623
H74.47763.40002.15681.09162.77402.48111.77051.76972.55853.77183.1345
H83.53032.71362.18021.09033.49412.49391.77051.76873.77184.33533.8040
H93.58122.74992.17091.09132.80023.06231.76971.76873.13453.80402.6162
H104.47763.40002.15682.77401.09162.48112.55853.77183.13451.77051.7697
H113.53032.71362.18023.49411.09032.49393.77184.33533.80401.77051.7687
H123.58122.74992.17092.80021.09133.06233.13453.80402.61621.76971.7687

picture of Propanenitrile, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.598 C2 C3 C4 110.404
C2 C3 C5 110.404 C2 C3 H6 106.139
C3 C4 H7 109.519 C3 C4 H8 111.453
C3 C4 H9 110.650 C3 C5 H10 109.519
C3 C5 H11 111.453 C3 C5 H12 110.650
C4 C3 C5 112.246 C4 C3 H6 108.716
C5 C3 H6 108.716 H7 C4 H8 108.475
H7 C4 H9 108.331 H8 C4 H9 108.331
H10 C5 H11 108.475 H10 C5 H12 108.331
H11 C5 H12 108.331
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.484      
2 C 0.191      
3 C 0.115      
4 C -0.534      
5 C -0.534      
6 H 0.200      
7 H 0.167      
8 H 0.178      
9 H 0.177      
10 H 0.167      
11 H 0.178      
12 H 0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.197 4.015 0.000 4.190
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.737 1.787 0.000
y 1.787 -39.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.164
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.222 1.787 0.000
y 1.787 -9.303 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.081
Polar
3z2-r210.161
x2-y29.016
xy1.787
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.259 -0.655 0.000
y -0.655 9.032 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.923


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.718
(<r2>)1/2 11.345