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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.331344
Energy at 298.15K-211.338677
HF Energy-211.331344
Nuclear repulsion energy159.518519
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 M06-2X/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3158 3158 19.04      
2 A' 3156 3156 28.19      
3 A' 3085 3085 4.35      
4 A' 3074 3074 10.83      
5 A' 2418 2418 9.10      
6 A' 1535 1535 15.74      
7 A' 1522 1522 9.40      
8 A' 1439 1439 5.71      
9 A' 1367 1367 5.22      
10 A' 1205 1205 3.22      
11 A' 1142 1142 6.12      
12 A' 949 949 0.71      
13 A' 788 788 0.87      
14 A' 565 565 1.21      
15 A' 359 359 0.21      
16 A' 301 301 0.78      
17 A' 224 224 2.16      
18 A" 3157 3157 8.98      
19 A" 3151 3151 0.68      
20 A" 3072 3072 14.57      
21 A" 1512 1512 0.13      
22 A" 1509 1509 5.22      
23 A" 1417 1417 6.64      
24 A" 1333 1333 0.11      
25 A" 1151 1151 1.90      
26 A" 989 989 0.37      
27 A" 948 948 2.50      
28 A" 591 591 0.01      
29 A" 230 230 0.00      
30 A" 196 196 4.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22770.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22770.5 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 M06-2X/6-311G*
ABC
0.26600 0.13318 0.09748

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.150 -2.197 0.000
C2 -0.109 -1.078 0.000
C3 -0.409 0.360 0.000
C4 0.150 1.012 1.270
C5 0.150 1.012 -1.270
H6 -1.499 0.454 0.000
H7 -0.102 2.074 1.278
H8 -0.260 0.552 2.169
H9 1.237 0.917 1.300
H10 -0.102 2.074 -1.278
H11 -0.260 0.552 -2.169
H12 1.237 0.917 -1.300

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.14872.61743.45153.45153.12244.46553.52523.54554.46553.52523.5455
C21.14871.46882.45952.45952.06883.40142.71702.73563.40142.71702.7356
C32.61741.46881.53301.53301.09442.16002.18232.17022.16002.18232.1702
C43.45152.45951.53302.53932.15481.09151.09021.09162.77143.49322.7920
C53.45152.45951.53302.53932.15482.77143.49322.79201.09151.09021.0916
H63.12242.06881.09442.15482.15482.49162.49973.06452.49162.49973.0645
H74.46553.40142.16001.09152.77142.49161.77111.77022.55563.77123.1273
H83.52522.71702.18231.09023.49322.49971.77111.76863.77124.33743.7958
H93.54552.73562.17021.09162.79203.06451.77021.76863.12733.79582.6007
H104.46553.40142.16002.77141.09152.49162.55563.77123.12731.77111.7702
H113.52522.71702.18233.49321.09022.49973.77124.33743.79581.77111.7686
H123.54552.73562.17022.79201.09163.06453.12733.79582.60071.77021.7686

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 178.737 C2 C3 C4 110.017
C2 C3 C5 110.017 C2 C3 H6 106.721
C3 C4 H7 109.631 C3 C4 H8 111.477
C3 C4 H9 110.434 C3 C5 H10 109.631
C3 C5 H11 111.477 C3 C5 H12 110.434
C4 C3 C5 111.834 C4 C3 H6 109.054
C5 C3 H6 109.054 H7 C4 H8 108.547
H7 C4 H9 108.361 H8 C4 H9 108.312
H10 C5 H11 108.547 H10 C5 H12 108.361
H11 C5 H12 108.312
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.272      
2 C 0.168      
3 C -0.349      
4 C -0.648      
5 C -0.648      
6 H 0.278      
7 H 0.240      
8 H 0.252      
9 H 0.244      
10 H 0.240      
11 H 0.252      
12 H 0.244      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.708 3.928 0.000 3.991
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.566 0.637 0.000
y 0.637 -39.555 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.367
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.395 0.637 0.000
y 0.637 -9.089 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.694
Polar
3z2-r29.387
x2-y28.989
xy0.637
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.709 -0.301 0.000
y -0.301 8.331 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.492


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.227
(<r2>)1/2 11.324