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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.297252
Energy at 298.15K-211.304342
HF Energy-211.297252
Nuclear repulsion energy157.186487
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/6-31+G**
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' 3053 3037 26.45      
2 A' 3048 3031 40.04      
3 A' 2977 2961 22.06      
4 A' 2953 2937 6.15      
5 A' 2241 2229 10.49      
6 A' 1479 1471 11.97      
7 A' 1469 1462 8.69      
8 A' 1390 1383 2.09      
9 A' 1306 1299 6.86      
10 A' 1155 1149 3.19      
11 A' 1095 1089 3.82      
12 A' 890 885 0.58      
13 A' 742 738 0.38      
14 A' 532 529 1.15      
15 A' 344 342 0.17      
16 A' 275 273 0.78      
17 A' 212 211 1.82      
18 A" 3052 3036 15.17      
19 A" 3044 3027 1.16      
20 A" 2973 2958 22.41      
21 A" 1458 1451 2.56      
22 A" 1458 1450 2.30      
23 A" 1369 1361 2.33      
24 A" 1280 1273 0.90      
25 A" 1081 1075 3.84      
26 A" 938 933 0.05      
27 A" 916 911 1.44      
28 A" 547 544 0.33      
29 A" 221 219 0.01      
30 A" 180 179 4.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21837.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21721.7 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.25853 0.12895 0.09411

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.403 -2.208 0.000
C2 0.027 -1.095 0.000
C3 -0.437 0.311 0.000
C4 0.027 1.042 1.292
C5 0.027 1.042 -1.292
H6 -1.542 0.273 0.000
H7 -0.376 2.067 1.300
H8 -0.326 0.522 2.195
H9 1.126 1.101 1.335
H10 -0.376 2.067 -1.300
H11 -0.326 0.522 -2.195
H12 1.126 1.101 -1.335

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17462.65503.51743.51743.15194.53543.57773.64004.53543.57773.6400
C21.17461.48042.49722.49722.08153.44232.74892.79433.44232.74892.7943
C32.65501.48041.55561.55561.10602.18562.20812.20182.18562.20812.2018
C43.51742.49721.55562.58482.17381.10161.10041.10132.81673.54402.8483
C53.51742.49721.55562.58482.17382.81673.54402.84831.10161.10041.1013
H63.15192.08151.10602.17382.17382.50392.52193.09632.50392.52193.0963
H74.53543.44232.18561.10162.81672.50391.78681.78682.59993.82203.1831
H83.57772.74892.20811.10043.54402.52191.78681.78483.82204.39063.8607
H93.64002.79432.20181.10132.84833.09631.78681.78483.18313.86072.6693
H104.53543.44232.18562.81671.10162.50392.59993.82203.18311.78681.7868
H113.57772.74892.20813.54401.10042.52193.82204.39063.86071.78681.7848
H123.64002.79432.20182.84831.10133.09633.18313.86072.66931.78681.7848

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 179.635 C2 C3 C4 110.648
C2 C3 C5 110.648 C2 C3 H6 106.278
C3 C4 H7 109.488 C3 C4 H8 111.321
C3 C4 H9 110.765 C3 C5 H10 109.488
C3 C5 H11 111.321 C3 C5 H12 110.765
C4 C3 C5 112.360 C4 C3 H6 108.333
C5 C3 H6 108.333 H7 C4 H8 108.469
H7 C4 H9 108.405 H8 C4 H9 108.313
H10 C5 H11 108.469 H10 C5 H12 108.405
H11 C5 H12 108.313
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.513      
2 C 0.232      
3 C 0.173      
4 C -0.506      
5 C -0.506      
6 H 0.169      
7 H 0.152      
8 H 0.161      
9 H 0.162      
10 H 0.152      
11 H 0.161      
12 H 0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.187 4.007 0.000 4.179
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.400 1.823 0.000
y 1.823 -40.625 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.822
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.324 1.823 0.000
y 1.823 -9.514 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.191
Polar
3z2-r210.381
x2-y29.225
xy1.823
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.638 -0.696 0.000
y -0.696 9.736 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.454


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 132.246
(<r2>)1/2 11.500