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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-209.971376
Energy at 298.15K-209.978834
HF Energy-209.971376
Nuclear repulsion energy158.974412
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/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' 3166 3038 15.86      
2 A' 3160 3033 22.53      
3 A' 3085 2961 2.55      
4 A' 3077 2953 10.10      
5 A' 2366 2271 4.48      
6 A' 1569 1505 17.71      
7 A' 1561 1499 12.27      
8 A' 1467 1408 8.56      
9 A' 1390 1334 2.13      
10 A' 1223 1174 6.16      
11 A' 1172 1125 11.95      
12 A' 948 910 1.49      
13 A' 791 759 0.46      
14 A' 598 574 1.87      
15 A' 365 351 0.16      
16 A' 303 291 0.82      
17 A' 241 231 0.86      
18 A" 3163 3036 10.13      
19 A" 3155 3028 0.74      
20 A" 3075 2951 11.87      
21 A" 1547 1485 4.77      
22 A" 1546 1484 1.89      
23 A" 1449 1391 13.58      
24 A" 1340 1286 0.04      
25 A" 1146 1100 3.75      
26 A" 999 959 0.05      
27 A" 974 935 5.34      
28 A" 627 601 0.41      
29 A" 238 228 0.05      
30 A" 216 208 2.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22978.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9598) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22054.3 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 PBE1PBE/3-21G*
ABC
0.26556 0.13217 0.09711

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.153 -2.207 0.000
C2 -0.109 -1.073 0.000
C3 -0.419 0.353 0.000
C4 0.153 1.017 1.270
C5 0.153 1.017 -1.270
H6 -1.513 0.459 0.000
H7 -0.104 2.082 1.269
H8 -0.255 0.555 2.174
H9 1.244 0.917 1.282
H10 -0.104 2.082 -1.269
H11 -0.255 0.555 -2.174
H12 1.244 0.917 -1.282

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16412.62353.46553.46553.14444.48063.53903.54934.48063.53903.5493
C21.16411.45942.45962.45962.07853.40082.72012.72663.40082.72012.7266
C32.62351.45941.54291.54291.09922.16782.18962.17422.16782.18962.1742
C43.46552.45961.54292.53902.16791.09561.09461.09522.76453.49832.7765
C53.46552.45961.54292.53902.16792.76453.49832.77651.09561.09461.0952
H63.14442.07851.09922.16792.16792.49612.51383.07482.49612.51383.0748
H74.48063.40082.16781.09562.76452.49611.78171.78122.53733.76923.1108
H83.53902.72012.18961.09463.49832.51381.78171.78133.76924.34813.7842
H93.54932.72662.17421.09522.77653.07481.78121.78133.11083.78422.5637
H104.48063.40082.16782.76451.09562.49612.53733.76923.11081.78171.7812
H113.53902.72012.18963.49831.09462.51383.76924.34813.78421.78171.7813
H123.54932.72662.17422.77651.09523.07483.11083.78422.56371.78121.7813

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 179.284 C2 C3 C4 109.984
C2 C3 C5 109.984 C2 C3 H6 107.828
C3 C4 H7 109.322 C3 C4 H8 111.098
C3 C4 H9 109.843 C3 C5 H10 109.322
C3 C5 H11 111.098 C3 C5 H12 109.843
C4 C3 C5 110.735 C4 C3 H6 109.125
C5 C3 H6 109.125 H7 C4 H8 108.880
H7 C4 H9 108.785 H8 C4 H9 108.871
H10 C5 H11 108.880 H10 C5 H12 108.785
H11 C5 H12 108.871
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.501      
2 C 0.407      
3 C -0.411      
4 C -0.587      
5 C -0.587      
6 H 0.282      
7 H 0.227      
8 H 0.237      
9 H 0.234      
10 H 0.227      
11 H 0.237      
12 H 0.234      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.632 3.735 0.000 3.788
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.119 0.739 0.000
y 0.739 -38.883 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.806
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.226 0.739 0.000
y 0.739 -8.921 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.696
Polar
3z2-r29.391
x2-y28.764
xy0.739
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.012 -0.348 0.000
y -0.348 7.568 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.606


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.337
(<r2>)1/2 11.329