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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.342567
Energy at 298.15K-211.349823
HF Energy-211.342567
Nuclear repulsion energy159.362682
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3167 3024 15.97      
2 A' 3160 3017 27.07      
3 A' 3073 2934 14.66      
4 A' 3068 2929 3.06      
5 A' 2384 2276 10.01      
6 A' 1512 1444 8.80      
7 A' 1501 1433 8.05      
8 A' 1422 1358 2.54      
9 A' 1350 1289 6.88      
10 A' 1199 1145 2.92      
11 A' 1127 1076 4.67      
12 A' 944 901 1.07      
13 A' 783 747 0.61      
14 A' 559 534 1.46      
15 A' 350 334 0.25      
16 A' 285 272 1.21      
17 A' 220 210 2.11      
18 A" 3166 3022 9.97      
19 A" 3157 3014 0.35      
20 A" 3071 2932 14.61      
21 A" 1490 1422 3.28      
22 A" 1487 1420 0.48      
23 A" 1400 1337 3.64      
24 A" 1324 1264 0.49      
25 A" 1142 1090 2.06      
26 A" 978 934 0.35      
27 A" 937 894 2.25      
28 A" 582 555 0.03      
29 A" 223 213 0.02      
30 A" 190 181 4.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22624.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21600.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.26583 0.13281 0.09702

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.400 -2.172 0.000
C2 0.027 -1.080 0.000
C3 -0.436 0.308 0.000
C4 0.027 1.026 1.272
C5 0.027 1.026 -1.272
H6 -1.532 0.268 0.000
H7 -0.365 2.045 1.283
H8 -0.322 0.510 2.169
H9 1.118 1.077 1.310
H10 -0.365 2.045 -1.283
H11 -0.322 0.510 -2.169
H12 1.118 1.077 -1.310

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15402.61793.46203.46203.11244.47423.52433.57644.47423.52433.5764
C21.15401.46392.46052.46052.06123.40112.71192.74943.40112.71192.7494
C32.61791.46391.53251.53251.09622.16042.18092.17312.16042.18092.1731
C43.46202.46051.53252.54492.15011.09241.09121.09222.77923.49692.8041
C53.46202.46051.53252.54492.15012.77923.49692.80411.09241.09121.0922
H63.11242.06121.09622.15012.15012.48272.49483.06432.48272.49483.0643
H74.47423.40112.16041.09242.77922.48271.77241.77132.56623.77783.1406
H83.52432.71192.18091.09123.49692.49481.77241.76933.77784.33723.8076
H93.57642.74942.17311.09222.80413.06431.77131.76933.14063.80762.6209
H104.47423.40112.16042.77921.09242.48272.56623.77783.14061.77241.7713
H113.52432.71192.18093.49691.09122.49483.77784.33723.80761.77241.7693
H123.57642.74942.17312.80411.09223.06433.14063.80762.62091.77131.7693

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 179.625 C2 C3 C4 110.380
C2 C3 C5 110.380 C2 C3 H6 106.356
C3 C4 H7 109.642 C3 C4 H8 111.343
C3 C4 H9 110.655 C3 C5 H10 109.642
C3 C5 H11 111.343 C3 C5 H12 110.655
C4 C3 C5 112.267 C4 C3 H6 108.625
C5 C3 H6 108.625 H7 C4 H8 108.520
H7 C4 H9 108.344 H8 C4 H9 108.256
H10 C5 H11 108.520 H10 C5 H12 108.344
H11 C5 H12 108.256
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.346      
2 C 0.295      
3 C -0.182      
4 C -0.451      
5 C -0.451      
6 H 0.166      
7 H 0.153      
8 H 0.167      
9 H 0.165      
10 H 0.153      
11 H 0.167      
12 H 0.165      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.129 3.832 0.000 3.995
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.909 1.721 0.000
y 1.721 -38.517 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.441
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.071 1.721 0.000
y 1.721 -8.842 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.771
Polar
3z2-r29.543
x2-y28.608
xy1.721
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.762 -0.582 0.000
y -0.582 8.248 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.438


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.038
(<r2>)1/2 11.315