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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-210.185678
Energy at 298.15K-210.192885
HF Energy-210.185678
Nuclear repulsion energy154.516793
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 LSDA/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' 3085 3027 13.15      
2 A' 3004 2947 17.39      
3 A' 2988 2932 10.92      
4 A' 2974 2918 2.46      
5 A' 2331 2288 13.50      
6 A' 1468 1441 10.76      
7 A' 1453 1426 2.28      
8 A' 1422 1396 5.20      
9 A' 1380 1355 7.60      
10 A' 1348 1323 3.01      
11 A' 1259 1235 0.50      
12 A' 1102 1082 5.82      
13 A' 1075 1055 0.08      
14 A' 986 968 1.92      
15 A' 880 863 3.77      
16 A' 531 521 1.00      
17 A' 344 338 0.04      
18 A' 160 157 5.62      
19 A" 3069 3012 26.60      
20 A" 3044 2987 0.86      
21 A" 3013 2957 0.43      
22 A" 1460 1433 13.31      
23 A" 1284 1260 0.00      
24 A" 1218 1195 0.08      
25 A" 1090 1070 1.16      
26 A" 848 833 0.19      
27 A" 731 717 7.13      
28 A" 394 387 0.17      
29 A" 253 249 0.00      
30 A" 100 98 4.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22148.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21734.0 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
0.80072 0.07631 0.07252

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.600 0.370 0.000
C2 -1.439 0.493 0.000
C3 0.000 0.620 0.000
C4 0.717 -0.724 0.000
C5 2.215 -0.543 0.000
H6 0.307 1.212 0.885
H7 0.307 1.212 -0.885
H8 0.394 -1.304 0.884
H9 0.394 -1.304 -0.884
H10 2.738 -1.514 0.000
H11 2.552 0.017 0.891
H12 2.552 0.017 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16702.61173.49224.90083.15293.15293.54233.54235.66075.23975.2397
C21.16701.44492.47613.79882.08532.08532.71572.71574.63484.11684.1168
C32.61171.44491.52332.50201.10791.10792.15382.15383.47132.76902.7690
C43.49222.47611.52331.50962.16802.16801.10511.10512.17042.17052.1705
C54.90083.79882.50201.50962.73962.73962.16252.16251.10231.10491.1049
H63.15292.08531.10792.16802.73961.76922.51803.07693.75812.54283.1012
H73.15292.08531.10792.16802.73961.76923.07692.51803.75813.10122.5428
H83.54232.71572.15381.10512.16252.51803.07691.76732.51402.53023.0903
H93.54232.71572.15381.10512.16253.07692.51801.76732.51403.09032.5302
H105.66074.63483.47132.17041.10233.75813.75812.51402.51401.78101.7810
H115.23974.11682.76902.17051.10492.54283.10122.53023.09031.78101.7812
H125.23974.11682.76902.17051.10493.10122.54283.09032.53021.78101.7812

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 178.943 C2 C3 C4 113.043
C2 C3 H6 108.830 C2 C3 H7 108.830
C3 C4 C5 111.169 C3 C4 H8 109.025
C3 C4 H9 109.025 C4 C3 H6 109.961
C4 C3 H7 109.961 C4 C5 H10 111.443
C4 C5 H11 111.296 C4 C5 H12 111.296
C5 C4 H8 110.645 C5 C4 H9 110.645
H6 C3 H7 105.961 H8 C4 H9 106.188
H10 C5 H11 107.587 H10 C5 H12 107.587
H11 C5 H12 107.427
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.441      
2 C 0.335      
3 C -0.416      
4 C -0.321      
5 C -0.537      
6 H 0.221      
7 H 0.221      
8 H 0.194      
9 H 0.194      
10 H 0.191      
11 H 0.180      
12 H 0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.091 0.062 0.000 4.091
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.836 0.904 0.000
y 0.904 -29.636 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.944
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.046 0.904 0.000
y 0.904 6.253 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.792
Polar
3z2-r211.584
x2-y2-12.199
xy0.904
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.175 -0.246 0.000
y -0.246 5.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.462


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 157.390
(<r2>)1/2 12.546