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All results from a given calculation for C5H9N (Butanenitrile, 2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-250.406196
Energy at 298.15K-250.415513
Nuclear repulsion energy219.065095
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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
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 3068 3036 19.10      
2 A 3061 3029 21.68      
3 A 3049 3018 37.80      
4 A 3041 3010 39.96      
5 A 3011 2980 5.04      
6 A 2986 2955 15.18      
7 A 2977 2946 30.98      
8 A 2971 2940 13.86      
9 A 2949 2918 4.56      
10 A 2266 2243 9.47      
11 A 1482 1466 4.26      
12 A 1473 1457 13.88      
13 A 1469 1454 9.65      
14 A 1463 1448 10.46      
15 A 1451 1436 0.50      
16 A 1379 1364 4.92      
17 A 1371 1357 7.53      
18 A 1339 1325 0.19      
19 A 1309 1296 0.90      
20 A 1284 1271 1.57      
21 A 1248 1235 0.61      
22 A 1151 1139 2.31      
23 A 1109 1097 0.23      
24 A 1088 1077 5.39      
25 A 1029 1019 1.29      
26 A 975 964 2.11      
27 A 951 941 6.16      
28 A 881 872 0.83      
29 A 793 785 0.67      
30 A 748 740 3.68      
31 A 557 551 0.08      
32 A 528 523 1.02      
33 A 388 384 0.19      
34 A 317 314 0.45      
35 A 277 274 0.10      
36 A 219 217 0.13      
37 A 202 200 1.85      
38 A 160 158 4.85      
39 A 84 83 1.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28052.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27760.3 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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.21443 0.07312 0.05841

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.525 -0.296 0.119
N2 -2.601 -0.694 -0.092
C3 -0.035 1.652 -0.150
H4 -0.144 1.694 -1.244
H5 -0.806 2.298 0.293
H6 0.947 2.065 0.118
C7 2.318 -0.422 0.075
H8 2.476 -0.376 1.165
H9 3.002 -1.186 -0.324
H10 2.628 0.545 -0.350
C11 0.868 -0.771 -0.267
H12 0.724 -0.782 -1.361
H13 0.640 -1.791 0.083
C14 -0.167 0.202 0.358
H15 -0.018 0.200 1.455

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 N2 C3 H4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 C14 H15
C11.16622.46722.78002.69783.41873.84484.13644.63414.26332.46932.73532.63031.46632.0738
N21.16623.47693.61523.51014.49944.92885.24005.62865.38003.47373.55973.42542.63243.1401
C32.46723.47691.10061.09911.09913.14473.48594.16032.89182.58822.82303.51601.54182.1637
H42.78003.61521.10061.77981.78423.50384.11774.36283.13132.83792.62673.81052.18933.0872
H52.69783.51011.09911.77981.77784.14814.32315.19823.90983.54023.81664.34202.19252.5240
H63.41874.49941.09911.78421.77782.83983.06483.87092.31452.86263.21623.86792.18382.4890
C73.84484.92883.14473.50384.14812.83981.10251.10041.10051.53002.17512.16542.57712.7833
H84.13645.24003.48594.11774.32313.06481.10251.77471.77942.18933.10092.55812.82352.5766
H94.63415.62864.16034.36285.19823.87091.10041.77471.77042.17462.53472.47183.52553.7689
H104.26335.38002.89183.13133.90982.31451.10051.77941.77042.19912.53153.09762.90353.2217
C112.46933.47372.58822.83793.54022.86261.53002.18932.17462.19911.10351.10231.55102.1657
H122.73533.55972.82302.62673.81663.21622.17513.10092.53472.53151.10351.76332.17143.0728
H132.63033.42543.51603.81054.34203.86792.16542.55812.47183.09761.10231.76332.16702.5053
C141.46632.63241.54182.18932.19252.18382.57712.82353.52552.90351.55102.17142.16701.1070
H152.07383.14012.16373.08722.52402.48902.78332.57663.76893.22172.16573.07282.50531.1070

picture of Butanenitrile, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C14 C3 110.181 C1 C14 C11 109.814
C1 C14 H15 106.565 N2 C1 C14 178.968
C3 C14 C11 113.611 C3 C14 H15 108.428
H4 C3 H5 108.016 H4 C3 H6 108.411
H4 C3 C14 110.785 H5 C3 H6 107.952
H5 C3 C14 111.131 H6 C3 C14 110.438
C7 C11 H12 110.324 C7 C11 H13 109.633
C7 C11 C14 113.532 H8 C7 H9 107.343
H8 C7 H10 107.750 H8 C7 C11 111.508
H9 C7 H10 107.112 H9 C7 C11 110.469
H10 C7 C11 112.418 C11 C14 H15 107.966
H12 C11 H13 106.147 H12 C11 C14 108.593
H13 C11 C14 108.328
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.147      
2 N -0.236      
3 C -0.631      
4 H 0.232      
5 H 0.240      
6 H 0.233      
7 C -0.652      
8 H 0.219      
9 H 0.231      
10 H 0.225      
11 C -0.413      
12 H 0.228      
13 H 0.237      
14 C -0.309      
15 H 0.250      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  3.789 1.258 0.498 4.023
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.691 -3.782 -0.893
y -3.782 -37.766 -0.107
z -0.893 -0.107 -37.176
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.219 -3.782 -0.893
y -3.782 5.167 -0.107
z -0.893 -0.107 6.052
Polar
3z2-r212.105
x2-y2-10.924
xy-3.782
xz-0.893
yz-0.107


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 11.074 0.485 0.259
y 0.485 8.514 0.128
z 0.259 0.128 7.384


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 200.493
(<r2>)1/2 14.160