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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.338424
Energy at 298.15K-211.345737
HF Energy-211.338424
Nuclear repulsion energy154.009456
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
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' 3155 3024 19.90      
2 A' 3080 2951 21.26      
3 A' 3068 2940 1.41      
4 A' 3060 2932 21.12      
5 A' 2392 2292 12.92      
6 A' 1487 1425 6.96      
7 A' 1474 1412 1.00      
8 A' 1447 1387 4.10      
9 A' 1410 1351 2.37      
10 A' 1385 1327 2.59      
11 A' 1293 1239 2.86      
12 A' 1122 1075 2.28      
13 A' 1079 1034 0.15      
14 A' 985 944 1.75      
15 A' 893 856 2.18      
16 A' 539 517 0.91      
17 A' 350 335 0.06      
18 A' 167 160 5.40      
19 A" 3147 3016 38.64      
20 A" 3127 2996 0.53      
21 A" 3108 2978 0.01      
22 A" 1478 1416 8.44      
23 A" 1322 1267 0.01      
24 A" 1251 1199 0.00      
25 A" 1118 1072 0.24      
26 A" 871 835 0.24      
27 A" 750 719 4.78      
28 A" 397 380 0.21      
29 A" 253 242 0.04      
30 A" 101 97 3.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22653.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21708.6 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.80154 0.07530 0.07160

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.608 0.385 0.000
C2 -1.454 0.501 0.000
C3 0.000 0.627 0.000
C4 0.720 -0.725 0.000
C5 2.232 -0.563 0.000
H6 0.291 1.219 0.883
H7 0.291 1.219 -0.883
H8 0.398 -1.301 0.881
H9 0.398 -1.301 -0.881
H10 2.732 -1.541 0.000
H11 2.578 -0.012 0.888
H12 2.578 -0.012 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15962.61903.50814.93163.14253.14253.55683.55685.67665.27575.2757
C21.15961.45942.49593.83632.08292.08292.72972.72974.65764.15994.1599
C32.61901.45941.53232.52951.10171.10172.15712.15713.48812.80032.8003
C43.50812.49591.53231.52052.17792.17791.10071.10072.17122.17872.1787
C54.93163.83632.52951.52052.77912.77912.16462.16461.09861.10071.1007
H63.14252.08291.10172.17792.77911.76562.52233.07783.78922.59733.1436
H73.14252.08291.10172.17792.77911.76563.07782.52233.78923.14362.5973
H83.55682.72972.15711.10072.16462.52233.07781.76182.50672.53233.0890
H93.55682.72972.15711.10072.16463.07782.52231.76182.50673.08902.5323
H105.67664.65763.48812.17121.09863.78923.78922.50672.50671.77471.7747
H115.27574.15992.80032.17871.10072.59733.14362.53233.08901.77471.7764
H125.27574.15992.80032.17871.10073.14362.59733.08902.53231.77471.7764

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.226 C2 C3 C4 113.062
C2 C3 H6 108.018 C2 C3 H7 108.018
C3 C4 C5 111.911 C3 C4 H8 108.914
C3 C4 H9 108.914 C4 C3 H6 110.488
C4 C3 H7 110.488 C4 C5 H10 110.966
C4 C5 H11 111.439 C4 C5 H12 111.439
C5 C4 H8 110.309 C5 C4 H9 110.309
H6 C3 H7 106.506 H8 C4 H9 106.310
H10 C5 H11 107.604 H10 C5 H12 107.604
H11 C5 H12 107.596
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.146      
2 C -0.073      
3 C -0.031      
4 C -0.113      
5 C -0.079      
6 H 0.087      
7 H 0.087      
8 H 0.060      
9 H 0.060      
10 H 0.052      
11 H 0.048      
12 H 0.048      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.014 0.038 0.000 4.015
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.794 0.975 0.000
y 0.975 -29.808 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.070
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.855 0.975 0.000
y 0.975 6.124 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.731
Polar
3z2-r211.462
x2-y2-11.986
xy0.975
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.139 -0.284 0.000
y -0.284 5.963 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.545


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 159.071
(<r2>)1/2 12.612