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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.300544
Energy at 298.15K-211.307821
HF Energy-211.300544
Nuclear repulsion energy153.855427
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3142 3006 25.32      
2 A' 3076 2943 23.51      
3 A' 3060 2928 2.36      
4 A' 3057 2925 19.90      
5 A' 2377 2274 11.34      
6 A' 1532 1465 6.84      
7 A' 1518 1452 1.62      
8 A' 1492 1427 3.50      
9 A' 1441 1378 2.88      
10 A' 1401 1341 2.79      
11 A' 1315 1258 1.47      
12 A' 1126 1077 4.31      
13 A' 1065 1019 0.17      
14 A' 974 932 1.67      
15 A' 892 853 2.22      
16 A' 535 512 1.04      
17 A' 349 334 0.07      
18 A' 167 159 6.09      
19 A" 3138 3002 48.02      
20 A" 3116 2981 0.16      
21 A" 3098 2964 0.41      
22 A" 1526 1460 9.24      
23 A" 1340 1282 0.01      
24 A" 1271 1216 0.04      
25 A" 1139 1090 0.42      
26 A" 883 845 0.15      
27 A" 750 718 5.05      
28 A" 395 378 0.43      
29 A" 252 241 0.01      
30 A" 100 96 4.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22763.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21777.6 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.79960 0.07507 0.07136

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.612 0.385 0.000
C2 -1.457 0.502 0.000
C3 0.000 0.631 0.000
C4 0.720 -0.728 0.000
C5 2.237 -0.564 0.000
H6 0.294 1.217 0.881
H7 0.294 1.217 -0.881
H8 0.401 -1.301 0.879
H9 0.401 -1.301 -0.879
H10 2.733 -1.540 0.000
H11 2.579 -0.016 0.886
H12 2.579 -0.016 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16102.62323.51264.94063.14763.14763.56253.56255.68125.28145.2814
C21.16101.46232.49983.84402.08562.08562.73352.73354.66094.16434.1643
C32.62321.46231.53802.53591.09771.09772.15982.15983.49052.80302.8030
C43.51262.49981.53801.52602.17742.17741.09631.09632.17112.17972.1797
C54.94063.84402.53591.52602.77902.77902.16472.16471.09501.09661.0966
H63.14762.08561.09772.17742.77901.76102.52013.07353.78522.59713.1409
H73.14762.08561.09772.17742.77901.76103.07352.52013.78523.14092.5971
H83.56252.73352.15981.09632.16472.52013.07351.75782.50402.52923.0840
H93.56252.73352.15981.09632.16473.07352.52011.75782.50403.08402.5292
H105.68124.66093.49052.17111.09503.78523.78522.50402.50401.76951.7695
H115.28144.16432.80302.17971.09662.59713.14092.52923.08401.76951.7718
H125.28144.16432.80302.17971.09663.14092.59713.08402.52921.76951.7718

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.313 C2 C3 C4 112.832
C2 C3 H6 108.275 C2 C3 H7 108.275
C3 C4 C5 111.714 C3 C4 H8 108.993
C3 C4 H9 108.993 C4 C3 H6 110.284
C4 C3 H7 110.284 C4 C5 H10 110.779
C4 C5 H11 111.373 C4 C5 H12 111.373
C5 C4 H8 110.202 C5 C4 H9 110.202
H6 C3 H7 106.670 H8 C4 H9 106.592
H10 C5 H11 107.682 H10 C5 H12 107.682
H11 C5 H12 107.778
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.488      
2 C 0.367      
3 C -0.393      
4 C -0.316      
5 C -0.515      
6 H 0.218      
7 H 0.218      
8 H 0.189      
9 H 0.189      
10 H 0.184      
11 H 0.173      
12 H 0.173      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.094 0.051 0.000 4.094
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.062 0.989 0.000
y 0.989 -29.576 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.848
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.349 0.989 0.000
y 0.989 6.379 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.971
Polar
3z2-r211.942
x2-y2-12.485
xy0.989
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.895 -0.255 0.000
y -0.255 5.641 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.334


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 159.416
(<r2>)1/2 12.626