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

using model chemistry: SVWN/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at SVWN/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-210.237753
Energy at 298.15K-210.244932
HF Energy-210.237753
Nuclear repulsion energy160.060859
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 SVWN/6-311G*
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' 3071 3042 10.92      
2 A' 3062 3032 21.60      
3 A' 2980 2951 13.68      
4 A' 2957 2929 2.08      
5 A' 2318 2296 10.90      
6 A' 1458 1444 18.46      
7 A' 1445 1431 16.77      
8 A' 1365 1352 10.84      
9 A' 1310 1297 3.90      
10 A' 1164 1152 3.41      
11 A' 1092 1082 5.81      
12 A' 937 928 3.39      
13 A' 785 778 0.57      
14 A' 551 546 1.50      
15 A' 347 344 0.14      
16 A' 284 281 0.64      
17 A' 217 215 1.81      
18 A" 3071 3041 8.62      
19 A" 3059 3030 0.00      
20 A" 2979 2950 10.88      
21 A" 1430 1417 6.79      
22 A" 1428 1415 1.10      
23 A" 1343 1330 17.96      
24 A" 1269 1257 0.03      
25 A" 1126 1115 1.67      
26 A" 953 944 0.68      
27 A" 904 896 3.94      
28 A" 573 567 0.01      
29 A" 226 224 0.03      
30 A" 182 181 4.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21942.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9904) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21731.4 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 SVWN/6-311G*
ABC
0.27045 0.13421 0.09851

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at SVWN/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.410 -2.160 0.000
C2 0.024 -1.069 0.000
C3 -0.438 0.302 0.000
C4 0.024 1.017 1.256
C5 0.024 1.017 -1.256
H6 -1.545 0.263 0.000
H7 -0.370 2.046 1.267
H8 -0.316 0.506 2.169
H9 1.123 1.073 1.287
H10 -0.370 2.046 -1.267
H11 -0.316 0.506 -2.169
H12 1.123 1.073 -1.287

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.15762.60363.43843.43843.11334.46123.51273.55244.46123.51273.5524
C21.15761.44602.43512.43512.05793.38532.70162.72993.38532.70162.7299
C32.60361.44601.51791.51791.10752.15702.18162.16582.15702.18162.1658
C43.43842.43511.51792.51232.14691.10121.09971.10142.75333.47932.7710
C53.43842.43511.51792.51232.14692.75333.47932.77101.10121.09971.1014
H63.11332.05791.10752.14692.14692.48302.50443.07152.48302.50443.0715
H74.46123.38532.15701.10122.75332.48301.78461.78222.53463.76533.1143
H83.51272.70162.18161.09973.47932.50441.78461.78093.76534.33713.7860
H93.55242.72992.16581.10142.77103.07151.78221.78093.11433.78602.5735
H104.46123.38532.15702.75331.10122.48302.53463.76533.11431.78461.7822
H113.51272.70162.18163.47931.09972.50443.76534.33713.78601.78461.7809
H123.55242.72992.16582.77101.10143.07153.11433.78602.57351.78221.7809

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 179.169 C2 C3 C4 110.459
C2 C3 C5 110.459 C2 C3 H6 106.645
C3 C4 H7 109.868 C3 C4 H8 111.913
C3 C4 H9 110.545 C3 C5 H10 109.868
C3 C5 H11 111.913 C3 C5 H12 110.545
C4 C3 C5 111.696 C4 C3 H6 108.710
C5 C3 H6 108.710 H7 C4 H8 108.355
H7 C4 H9 108.026 H8 C4 H9 108.020
H10 C5 H11 108.355 H10 C5 H12 108.026
H11 C5 H12 108.020
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.218      
2 C 0.138      
3 C -0.376      
4 C -0.697      
5 C -0.697      
6 H 0.287      
7 H 0.254      
8 H 0.268      
9 H 0.259      
10 H 0.254      
11 H 0.268      
12 H 0.259      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.172 3.808 0.000 3.984
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.819 1.692 0.000
y 1.692 -39.275 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.305
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.972 1.692 0.000
y 1.692 -8.714 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.742
Polar
3z2-r29.483
x2-y28.457
xy1.692
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.120 -0.634 0.000
y -0.634 8.687 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.840


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 127.225
(<r2>)1/2 11.279