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All results from a given calculation for NH2CH2CN (Aminoacetonitrile)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-186.822526
Energy at 298.15K-186.827351
HF Energy-186.822526
Nuclear repulsion energy101.914163
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/3-21G*
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' 3310 3156 0.72      
2 A' 2999 2859 9.38      
3 A' 2232 2128 1.28      
4 A' 1678 1600 18.93      
5 A' 1468 1400 14.53      
6 A' 1338 1276 0.12      
7 A' 1069 1019 19.15      
8 A' 861 821 16.72      
9 A' 687 655 194.81      
10 A' 588 560 28.67      
11 A' 224 214 7.71      
12 A" 3414 3255 0.30      
13 A" 3040 2899 3.04      
14 A" 1368 1305 0.47      
15 A" 1210 1154 0.08      
16 A" 876 836 0.01      
17 A" 448 427 18.86      
18 A" 301 287 59.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13555.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12925.2 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.95513 0.15707 0.14174

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -1.477 0.691 0.000
C2 0.000 0.841 0.000
C3 0.747 -0.437 0.000
N4 1.265 -1.496 0.000
H5 -1.794 0.181 0.842
H6 -1.794 0.181 -0.842
H7 0.295 1.427 0.889
H8 0.295 1.427 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8
N11.48442.49373.50701.03431.03432.11472.1147
C21.48441.47992.65712.08862.08861.10481.1048
C32.49371.47991.17902.74762.74762.11362.1136
N43.50702.65711.17903.58873.58873.20533.2053
H51.03432.08862.74763.58871.68502.43282.9855
H61.03432.08862.74763.58871.68502.98552.4328
H72.11471.10482.11363.20532.43282.98551.7773
H82.11471.10482.11363.20532.98552.43281.7773

picture of Aminoacetonitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 114.540 N1 C2 H7 108.632
N1 C2 H8 108.632 C2 N1 H5 110.771
C2 N1 H6 110.771 C2 C3 N4 175.703
C3 C2 H7 108.848 C3 C2 H8 108.848
H5 N1 H6 109.076 H7 C2 H8 107.086
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.613      
2 C -0.360      
3 C 0.331      
4 N -0.478      
5 H 0.286      
6 H 0.286      
7 H 0.273      
8 H 0.273      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.552 1.604 0.000 2.232
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.848 6.886 0.000
y 6.886 -29.093 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.402
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.601 6.886 0.000
y 6.886 -5.468 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.069
Polar
3z2-r212.138
x2-y23.245
xy6.886
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.631 -1.006 0.000
y -1.006 4.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.295


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 83.851
(<r2>)1/2 9.157