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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.390658
Energy at 298.15K-211.397899
HF Energy-211.390658
Nuclear repulsion energy158.322189
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 B3LYP/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' 3127 3033 19.92      
2 A' 3121 3027 33.94      
3 A' 3042 2950 16.58      
4 A' 3032 2941 5.79      
5 A' 2354 2283 7.62      
6 A' 1483 1438 7.65      
7 A' 1471 1427 7.80      
8 A' 1405 1363 1.44      
9 A' 1337 1297 8.07      
10 A' 1184 1149 3.26      
11 A' 1119 1085 4.24      
12 A' 929 901 0.48      
13 A' 774 751 0.71      
14 A' 549 533 1.07      
15 A' 352 341 0.15      
16 A' 287 279 0.71      
17 A' 221 214 1.71      
18 A" 3126 3032 12.78      
19 A" 3117 3023 0.32      
20 A" 3039 2948 16.54      
21 A" 1460 1416 2.61      
22 A" 1457 1414 0.84      
23 A" 1384 1343 1.72      
24 A" 1314 1274 1.14      
25 A" 1127 1094 2.94      
26 A" 968 939 0.20      
27 A" 933 905 1.79      
28 A" 569 552 0.11      
29 A" 227 220 0.01      
30 A" 188 182 3.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22347.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.26281 0.13100 0.09575

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.402 -2.188 0.000
C2 0.027 -1.088 0.000
C3 -0.437 0.311 0.000
C4 0.027 1.032 1.279
C5 0.027 1.032 -1.279
H6 -1.541 0.269 0.000
H7 -0.370 2.059 1.291
H8 -0.327 0.513 2.182
H9 1.126 1.086 1.321
H10 -0.370 2.059 -1.291
H11 -0.327 0.513 -2.182
H12 1.126 1.086 -1.321

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16192.63623.48513.48513.13254.50583.54763.60324.50583.54763.6032
C21.16191.47432.47642.47642.07363.42522.72942.77103.42522.72942.7710
C32.63621.47431.53991.53991.10482.17422.19432.18792.17422.19432.1879
C43.48512.47641.53992.55862.16231.10131.10021.10142.79653.51822.8236
C53.48512.47641.53992.55862.16232.79653.51822.82361.10131.10021.1014
H63.13252.07361.10482.16232.16232.49832.50903.08592.49832.50903.0859
H74.50583.42522.17421.10132.79652.49831.78571.78562.58243.80263.1640
H83.54762.72942.19431.10023.51822.50901.78571.78363.80264.36463.8356
H93.60322.77102.18791.10142.82363.08591.78561.78363.16403.83562.6419
H104.50583.42522.17422.79651.10132.49832.58243.80263.16401.78571.7856
H113.54762.72942.19433.51821.10022.50903.80264.36463.83561.78571.7836
H123.60322.77102.18792.82361.10143.08593.16403.83562.64191.78561.7836

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 179.463 C2 C3 C4 110.474
C2 C3 C5 110.474 C2 C3 H6 106.145
C3 C4 H7 109.698 C3 C4 H8 111.348
C3 C4 H9 110.761 C3 C5 H10 109.698
C3 C5 H11 111.348 C3 C5 H12 110.761
C4 C3 C5 112.364 C4 C3 H6 108.576
C5 C3 H6 108.576 H7 C4 H8 108.417
H7 C4 H9 108.316 H8 C4 H9 108.214
H10 C5 H11 108.417 H10 C5 H12 108.316
H11 C5 H12 108.214
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.108      
2 C -0.066      
3 C -0.120      
4 C 0.027      
5 C 0.027      
6 H 0.043      
7 H 0.025      
8 H 0.037      
9 H 0.037      
10 H 0.025      
11 H 0.037      
12 H 0.037      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.091 3.672 0.000 3.831
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.523 1.607 0.000
y 1.607 -38.719 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.028
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.851 1.607 0.000
y 1.607 -8.443 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.593
Polar
3z2-r29.186
x2-y28.196
xy1.607
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.836 -0.578 0.000
y -0.578 8.320 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.577


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 129.756
(<r2>)1/2 11.391