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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.323179
Energy at 298.15K-211.330444
HF Energy-211.323179
Nuclear repulsion energy157.951050
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/6-31G
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' 3144 3025 27.50      
2 A' 3140 3021 43.92      
3 A' 3058 2942 18.46      
4 A' 3036 2921 6.75      
5 A' 2306 2218 8.03      
6 A' 1553 1494 12.60      
7 A' 1545 1487 10.13      
8 A' 1469 1413 3.32      
9 A' 1382 1329 5.01      
10 A' 1219 1173 4.71      
11 A' 1162 1118 8.55      
12 A' 935 900 0.63      
13 A' 773 744 0.65      
14 A' 559 537 1.57      
15 A' 361 347 0.20      
16 A' 282 272 0.74      
17 A' 218 210 1.46      
18 A" 3142 3023 17.27      
19 A" 3134 3015 0.53      
20 A" 3055 2939 19.71      
21 A" 1535 1477 2.33      
22 A" 1533 1475 3.07      
23 A" 1451 1396 5.67      
24 A" 1348 1297 0.46      
25 A" 1140 1096 3.71      
26 A" 992 955 0.12      
27 A" 968 931 2.69      
28 A" 570 549 0.55      
29 A" 225 216 0.02      
30 A" 188 181 3.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22711.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21848.8 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/6-31G
ABC
0.26230 0.12982 0.09506

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.408 -2.199 0.000
C2 0.026 -1.091 0.000
C3 -0.439 0.306 0.000
C4 0.026 1.039 1.282
C5 0.026 1.039 -1.282
H6 -1.539 0.278 0.000
H7 -0.372 2.059 1.286
H8 -0.324 0.526 2.183
H9 1.119 1.094 1.320
H10 -0.372 2.059 -1.286
H11 -0.324 0.526 -2.183
H12 1.119 1.094 -1.320

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17262.64483.50343.50343.15054.51623.56753.61894.51623.56753.6189
C21.17261.47222.48542.48542.07873.42532.73862.77683.42532.73862.7768
C32.64481.47221.54781.54781.09992.17512.19672.18882.17512.19672.1888
C43.50342.48541.54782.56352.16101.09511.09421.09512.79173.51972.8224
C53.50342.48541.54782.56352.16102.79173.51972.82241.09511.09421.0951
H63.15052.07871.09992.16102.16102.48752.51013.07772.48752.51013.0777
H74.51623.42532.17511.09512.79172.48751.77651.77622.57253.79293.1536
H83.56752.73862.19671.09423.51972.51011.77651.77493.79294.36543.8306
H93.61892.77682.18881.09512.82243.07771.77621.77493.15363.83062.6397
H104.51623.42532.17512.79171.09512.48752.57253.79293.15361.77651.7762
H113.56752.73862.19673.51971.09422.51013.79294.36543.83061.77651.7749
H123.61892.77682.18882.82241.09513.07773.15363.83062.63971.77621.7749

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 179.420 C2 C3 C4 110.737
C2 C3 C5 110.737 C2 C3 H6 106.945
C3 C4 H7 109.576 C3 C4 H8 111.340
C3 C4 H9 110.657 C3 C5 H10 109.576
C3 C5 H11 111.340 C3 C5 H12 110.657
C4 C3 C5 111.806 C4 C3 H6 108.213
C5 C3 H6 108.213 H7 C4 H8 108.478
H7 C4 H9 108.378 H8 C4 H9 108.333
H10 C5 H11 108.478 H10 C5 H12 108.378
H11 C5 H12 108.333
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.278      
2 C 0.127      
3 C -0.165      
4 C -0.392      
5 C -0.392      
6 H 0.182      
7 H 0.147      
8 H 0.157      
9 H 0.155      
10 H 0.147      
11 H 0.157      
12 H 0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.138 3.849 0.000 4.013
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.514 1.915 0.000
y 1.915 -39.531 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.839
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.171 1.915 0.000
y 1.915 -9.354 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.183
Polar
3z2-r210.367
x2-y29.017
xy1.915
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.442 -0.696 0.000
y -0.696 8.042 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.921


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 130.535
(<r2>)1/2 11.425