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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-210.798436
Energy at 298.15K-210.805657
HF Energy-210.008877
Nuclear repulsion energy157.455583
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 CCSD(T)/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' 3147 3080        
2 A' 3141 3075        
3 A' 3061 2996        
4 A' 3051 2986        
5 A' 2271 2223        
6 A' 1499 1467        
7 A' 1489 1457        
8 A' 1416 1386        
9 A' 1348 1319        
10 A' 1193 1168        
11 A' 1121 1097        
12 A' 941 921        
13 A' 772 755        
14 A' 532 521        
15 A' 350 342        
16 A' 290 284        
17 A' 217 212        
18 A" 3145 3078        
19 A" 3137 3071        
20 A" 3049 2984        
21 A" 1479 1448        
22 A" 1477 1445        
23 A" 1396 1366        
24 A" 1329 1301        
25 A" 1146 1122        
26 A" 976 956        
27 A" 930 910        
28 A" 548 536        
29 A" 233 228        
30 A" 183 179        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22431.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21956.4 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 CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.26203 0.12901 0.09481

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.418 -2.204 0.000
C2 0.025 -1.094 0.000
C3 -0.448 0.318 0.000
C4 0.025 1.039 1.279
C5 0.025 1.039 -1.279
H6 -1.556 0.277 0.000
H7 -0.366 2.073 1.288
H8 -0.332 0.518 2.186
H9 1.130 1.081 1.313
H10 -0.366 2.073 -1.288
H11 -0.332 0.518 -2.186
H12 1.130 1.081 -1.313

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17792.66683.50823.50823.17074.53533.57133.60844.53533.57133.6084
C21.17791.48902.48672.48672.09253.44102.73972.76983.44102.73972.7698
C32.66681.48901.54271.54271.10832.17852.19852.18972.17852.19852.1897
C43.50822.48671.54272.55872.17141.10591.10491.10612.79573.52262.8181
C53.50822.48671.54272.55872.17142.79573.52262.81811.10591.10491.1061
H63.17072.09251.10832.17142.17142.50962.51703.09522.50962.51703.0952
H74.53533.44102.17851.10592.79572.50961.79571.79552.57673.80673.1606
H83.57132.73972.19851.10493.52262.51701.79571.79343.80674.37263.8337
H93.60842.76982.18971.10612.81813.09521.79551.79343.16063.83372.6256
H104.53533.44102.17852.79571.10592.50962.57673.80673.16061.79571.7955
H113.57132.73972.19853.52261.10492.51703.80674.37263.83371.79571.7934
H123.60842.76982.18972.81811.10613.09523.16063.83372.62561.79551.7934

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 179.049 C2 C3 C4 110.207
C2 C3 C5 110.207 C2 C3 H6 106.424
C3 C4 H7 109.573 C3 C4 H8 111.201
C3 C4 H9 110.435 C3 C5 H10 109.573
C3 C5 H11 111.201 C3 C5 H12 110.435
C4 C3 C5 112.060 C4 C3 H6 108.883
C5 C3 H6 108.883 H7 C4 H8 108.630
H7 C4 H9 108.526 H8 C4 H9 108.413
H10 C5 H11 108.630 H10 C5 H12 108.526
H11 C5 H12 108.413
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability