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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.286073
Energy at 298.15K-211.293225
HF Energy-211.286073
Nuclear repulsion energy152.427564
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 BLYP/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' 3044 3021 29.64      
2 A' 2982 2959 28.24      
3 A' 2968 2946 19.49      
4 A' 2961 2938 3.52      
5 A' 2265 2248 7.35      
6 A' 1487 1475 3.49      
7 A' 1471 1460 1.07      
8 A' 1444 1433 2.04      
9 A' 1394 1383 0.50      
10 A' 1347 1336 3.78      
11 A' 1272 1262 4.28      
12 A' 1081 1072 2.97      
13 A' 1006 998 0.51      
14 A' 927 920 0.83      
15 A' 853 847 1.74      
16 A' 510 507 1.05      
17 A' 339 336 0.03      
18 A' 162 160 5.47      
19 A" 3038 3015 56.76      
20 A" 3015 2992 1.13      
21 A" 2992 2969 1.55      
22 A" 1479 1468 5.98      
23 A" 1295 1285 0.02      
24 A" 1229 1220 0.02      
25 A" 1100 1092 0.20      
26 A" 857 850 0.17      
27 A" 732 726 3.78      
28 A" 377 374 0.34      
29 A" 246 244 0.01      
30 A" 97 97 3.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21985.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21816.2 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.78837 0.07350 0.06988

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.636 0.408 0.000
C2 -1.468 0.518 0.000
C3 0.000 0.636 0.000
C4 0.724 -0.741 0.000
C5 2.258 -0.585 0.000
H6 0.302 1.224 0.885
H7 0.302 1.224 -0.885
H8 0.400 -1.315 0.884
H9 0.400 -1.315 -0.884
H10 2.750 -1.570 0.000
H11 2.606 -0.036 0.890
H12 2.606 -0.036 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17342.64583.55174.99353.17503.17503.60113.60115.73805.33595.3359
C21.17341.47242.52813.88522.10082.10082.76202.76204.70634.20674.2067
C32.64581.47241.55622.56671.10461.10462.17892.17893.52542.83492.8349
C43.55172.52811.55621.54122.19642.19641.10251.10252.18862.19812.1981
C54.99353.88522.56671.54122.80712.80712.18302.18301.10091.10261.1026
H63.17502.10081.10462.19642.80711.76982.54093.09593.81852.62623.1700
H73.17502.10081.10462.19642.80711.76983.09592.54093.81853.17002.6262
H83.60112.76202.17891.10252.18302.54093.09591.76752.52402.55033.1067
H93.60112.76202.17891.10252.18303.09592.54091.76752.52403.10672.5503
H105.73804.70633.52542.18861.10093.81853.81852.52402.52401.77911.7791
H115.33594.20672.83492.19811.10262.62623.17002.55033.10671.77911.7810
H125.33594.20672.83492.19811.10263.17002.62623.10672.55031.77911.7810

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.239 C2 C3 C4 113.145
C2 C3 H6 108.375 C2 C3 H7 108.375
C3 C4 C5 111.920 C3 C4 H8 108.874
C3 C4 H9 108.874 C4 C3 H6 110.112
C4 C3 H7 110.112 C4 C5 H10 110.762
C4 C5 H11 111.407 C4 C5 H12 111.407
C5 C4 H8 110.223 C5 C4 H9 110.223
H6 C3 H7 106.481 H8 C4 H9 106.565
H10 C5 H11 107.683 H10 C5 H12 107.683
H11 C5 H12 107.724
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.470      
2 C 0.331      
3 C -0.210      
4 C -0.149      
5 C -0.286      
6 H 0.135      
7 H 0.135      
8 H 0.107      
9 H 0.107      
10 H 0.102      
11 H 0.099      
12 H 0.099      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  3.996 0.006 0.000 3.996
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.026 1.036 0.000
y 1.036 -29.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.172
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.004 1.036 0.000
y 1.036 6.228 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.776
Polar
3z2-r211.552
x2-y2-12.155
xy1.036
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.353 -0.349 0.000
y -0.349 5.846 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.484


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.387
(<r2>)1/2 12.743