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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.133632
Energy at 298.15K-211.140897
HF Energy-211.133632
Nuclear repulsion energy158.942654
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3167 3045 13.63      
2 A' 3161 3039 24.47      
3 A' 3068 2950 15.18      
4 A' 3065 2947 3.49      
5 A' 2384 2293 9.99      
6 A' 1483 1426 9.18      
7 A' 1470 1414 10.15      
8 A' 1400 1346 2.88      
9 A' 1339 1288 7.51      
10 A' 1191 1145 3.34      
11 A' 1118 1075 4.87      
12 A' 948 911 1.11      
13 A' 789 758 0.64      
14 A' 555 534 1.20      
15 A' 351 338 0.13      
16 A' 288 277 0.75      
17 A' 221 213 1.69      
18 A" 3167 3045 9.01      
19 A" 3158 3036 0.19      
20 A" 3066 2948 14.79      
21 A" 1459 1403 3.43      
22 A" 1456 1400 0.69      
23 A" 1380 1327 4.07      
24 A" 1314 1264 0.54      
25 A" 1147 1103 2.45      
26 A" 974 937 0.54      
27 A" 930 894 2.42      
28 A" 576 554 0.06      
29 A" 228 220 0.02      
30 A" 188 181 3.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22520.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21653.4 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.26536 0.13213 0.09666

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.402 -2.179 0.000
C2 0.026 -1.081 0.000
C3 -0.435 0.312 0.000
C4 0.026 1.027 1.272
C5 0.026 1.027 -1.272
H6 -1.539 0.267 0.000
H7 -0.368 2.054 1.285
H8 -0.326 0.508 2.175
H9 1.125 1.078 1.312
H10 -0.368 2.054 -1.285
H11 -0.326 0.508 -2.175
H12 1.125 1.078 -1.312

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16062.62773.46943.46943.12204.48993.53263.58544.48993.53263.5854
C21.16061.46712.46192.46192.06523.41052.71632.75503.41052.71632.7550
C32.62771.46711.53081.53081.10422.16552.18642.17792.16552.18642.1779
C43.46942.46191.53082.54442.15551.10021.09911.10032.78363.50362.8083
C53.46942.46191.53082.54442.15552.78363.50362.80831.10021.09911.1003
H63.12202.06521.10422.15552.15552.49282.50183.07812.49282.50183.0781
H74.48993.41052.16551.10022.78362.49281.78421.78362.56943.78943.1500
H83.53262.71632.18641.09913.50362.50181.78421.78183.78944.34963.8193
H93.58542.75502.17791.10032.80833.07811.78361.78183.15003.81932.6237
H104.48993.41052.16552.78361.10022.49282.56943.78943.15001.78421.7836
H113.53262.71632.18643.50361.09912.50183.78944.34963.81931.78421.7818
H123.58542.75502.17792.80831.10033.07813.15003.81932.62371.78361.7818

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 179.468 C2 C3 C4 110.391
C2 C3 C5 110.391 C2 C3 H6 106.005
C3 C4 H7 109.704 C3 C4 H8 111.422
C3 C4 H9 110.676 C3 C5 H10 109.704
C3 C5 H11 111.422 C3 C5 H12 110.676
C4 C3 C5 112.423 C4 C3 H6 108.699
C5 C3 H6 108.699 H7 C4 H8 108.435
H7 C4 H9 108.300 H8 C4 H9 108.217
H10 C5 H11 108.435 H10 C5 H12 108.300
H11 C5 H12 108.217
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.145      
2 C -0.009      
3 C -0.201      
4 C -0.036      
5 C -0.036      
6 H 0.076      
7 H 0.051      
8 H 0.063      
9 H 0.061      
10 H 0.051      
11 H 0.063      
12 H 0.061      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.103 3.731 0.000 3.891
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.343 1.595 0.000
y 1.595 -38.521 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.823
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.829 1.595 0.000
y 1.595 -8.438 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.609
Polar
3z2-r29.218
x2-y28.178
xy1.595
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.797 -0.577 0.000
y -0.577 8.264 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.524


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.664
(<r2>)1/2 11.343