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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.282136
Energy at 298.15K-211.289239
HF Energy-211.282136
Nuclear repulsion energy157.103917
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 BLYP/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' 3044 3049 22.94      
2 A' 3038 3043 37.46      
3 A' 2965 2970 18.35      
4 A' 2940 2945 7.63      
5 A' 2249 2253 5.28      
6 A' 1443 1446 6.48      
7 A' 1431 1433 6.39      
8 A' 1366 1368 0.71      
9 A' 1293 1295 7.49      
10 A' 1147 1148 3.16      
11 A' 1086 1087 3.54      
12 A' 895 896 0.52      
13 A' 748 749 0.43      
14 A' 531 531 0.94      
15 A' 343 343 0.11      
16 A' 278 279 0.52      
17 A' 213 214 1.45      
18 A" 3043 3048 14.58      
19 A" 3034 3039 0.59      
20 A" 2962 2967 17.95      
21 A" 1421 1423 1.85      
22 A" 1418 1420 1.12      
23 A" 1345 1347 0.58      
24 A" 1270 1272 1.75      
25 A" 1084 1085 3.65      
26 A" 937 939 0.03      
27 A" 907 908 1.47      
28 A" 548 548 0.31      
29 A" 221 221 0.01      
30 A" 181 182 3.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21689.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0016) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21724.6 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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.25877 0.12899 0.09426

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.407 -2.206 0.000
C2 0.026 -1.095 0.000
C3 -0.439 0.312 0.000
C4 0.026 1.041 1.290
C5 0.026 1.041 -1.290
H6 -1.551 0.272 0.000
H7 -0.375 2.074 1.300
H8 -0.329 0.518 2.199
H9 1.133 1.097 1.333
H10 -0.375 2.074 -1.300
H11 -0.329 0.518 -2.199
H12 1.133 1.097 -1.333

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17442.65583.51383.51383.15814.54053.57683.63414.54053.57683.6341
C21.17441.48142.49462.49462.08713.44832.74962.79313.44832.74962.7931
C32.65581.48141.55271.55271.11272.19082.21102.20492.19082.21102.2049
C43.51382.49461.55272.57932.17731.10841.10721.10852.81733.54512.8469
C53.51382.49461.55272.57932.17732.81733.54512.84691.10841.10721.1085
H63.15812.08711.11272.17732.17732.51352.52713.10752.51352.52713.1075
H74.54053.44832.19081.10842.81732.51351.79711.79712.60093.82963.1880
H83.57682.74962.21101.10723.54512.52711.79711.79483.82964.39723.8656
H93.63412.79312.20491.10852.84693.10751.79711.79483.18803.86562.6658
H104.54053.44832.19082.81731.10842.51352.60093.82963.18801.79711.7971
H113.57682.74962.21103.54511.10722.52713.82964.39723.86561.79711.7948
H123.63412.79312.20492.84691.10853.10753.18803.86562.66581.79711.7948

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 179.375 C2 C3 C4 110.587
C2 C3 C5 110.587 C2 C3 H6 106.264
C3 C4 H7 109.697 C3 C4 H8 111.347
C3 C4 H9 110.795 C3 C5 H10 109.697
C3 C5 H11 111.347 C3 C5 H12 110.795
C4 C3 C5 112.321 C4 C3 H6 108.424
C5 C3 H6 108.424 H7 C4 H8 108.405
H7 C4 H9 108.318 H8 C4 H9 108.192
H10 C5 H11 108.405 H10 C5 H12 108.318
H11 C5 H12 108.192
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.087      
2 C -0.087      
3 C -0.080      
4 C 0.056      
5 C 0.056      
6 H 0.026      
7 H 0.012      
8 H 0.023      
9 H 0.024      
10 H 0.012      
11 H 0.023      
12 H 0.024      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.062 3.574 0.000 3.728
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.687 1.578 0.000
y 1.578 -38.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.167
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.746 1.578 0.000
y 1.578 -8.271 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.525
Polar
3z2-r29.050
x2-y28.011
xy1.578
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.991 -0.608 0.000
y -0.608 8.651 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.813


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 131.522
(<r2>)1/2 11.468