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All results from a given calculation for C6H7N (2-Methylpyridine)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-285.885313
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-285.885313
Nuclear repulsion energy272.010941
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 M06-2X/3-21G*
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' 3247 3076 3.58      
2 A' 3232 3061 5.14      
3 A' 3221 3051 1.70      
4 A' 3137 2972 10.26      
5 A' 3135 2969 8.92      
6 A' 3058 2897 5.90      
7 A' 1645 1558 40.43      
8 A' 1633 1546 11.84      
9 A' 1555 1473 22.30      
10 A' 1521 1441 43.41      
11 A' 1491 1412 6.56      
12 A' 1462 1385 15.65      
13 A' 1353 1281 6.58      
14 A' 1296 1228 4.61      
15 A' 1249 1183 2.31      
16 A' 1211 1147 1.31      
17 A' 1155 1094 1.60      
18 A' 1089 1031 5.86      
19 A' 1049 994 2.09      
20 A' 1006 953 2.14      
21 A' 835 791 0.85      
22 A' 664 629 2.08      
23 A' 568 538 2.27      
24 A' 353 334 3.32      
25 A" 3129 2963 4.12      
26 A" 1537 1456 7.71      
27 A" 1121 1062 13.11      
28 A" 1090 1033 0.02      
29 A" 1031 976 0.66      
30 A" 957 906 0.00      
31 A" 806 763 57.01      
32 A" 797 755 1.99      
33 A" 499 473 5.56      
34 A" 435 412 5.42      
35 A" 210 199 4.45      
36 A" 65i 62i 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25854.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24489.5 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
0.18986 0.08724 0.06045

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 1.193 0.248 0.000
C2 0.000 0.881 0.000
C3 -1.207 0.176 0.000
C4 -1.182 -1.218 0.000
C5 0.048 -1.873 0.000
C6 1.208 -1.098 0.000
C7 0.037 2.391 0.000
H8 -2.145 0.717 0.000
H9 -2.107 -1.783 0.000
H10 0.111 -2.953 0.000
H11 2.184 -1.568 0.000
H12 -0.971 2.813 0.000
H13 0.577 2.744 0.883
H14 0.577 2.744 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
N11.35082.40092.79162.41041.34582.43563.37053.87493.37932.06893.35622.71892.7189
C21.35081.39752.40942.75482.31841.51072.15083.39653.83603.28172.16232.14152.1415
C32.40091.39751.39462.40312.72992.54021.08262.15613.39543.81312.64763.24953.2495
C42.79162.40941.39461.39422.39323.80992.16111.08332.16393.38464.03704.42504.4250
C52.41042.75482.40311.39421.39494.26463.39372.15701.08182.15744.79604.73124.7312
C61.34582.31842.72992.39321.39493.68053.81203.38472.15551.08374.47693.99273.9927
C72.43561.51072.54023.80994.26463.68052.74984.69255.34514.50451.09211.09431.0943
H83.37052.15081.08262.16113.39373.81202.74982.50024.30774.89472.40263.50723.5072
H93.87493.39652.15611.08332.15703.38474.69252.50022.50744.29624.73465.33705.3370
H103.37933.83603.39542.16391.08182.15555.34514.30772.50742.49345.86715.78475.7847
H112.06893.28173.81313.38462.15741.08374.50454.89474.29622.49345.39924.68644.6864
H123.35622.16232.64764.03704.79604.47691.09212.40264.73465.86715.39921.78371.7837
H132.71892.14153.24954.42504.73123.99271.09433.50725.33705.78474.68641.78371.7667
H142.71892.14153.24954.42504.73123.99271.09433.50725.33705.78474.68641.78371.7667

picture of 2-Methylpyridine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 121.750 N1 C2 C7 116.568
N1 C6 C5 123.155 N1 C6 H11 116.352
C2 N1 C6 118.575 C2 C3 C4 119.300
C2 C3 H8 119.742 C2 C7 H12 111.337
C2 C7 H13 109.548 C2 C7 H14 109.548
C3 C2 C7 121.682 C3 C4 C5 119.018
C3 C4 H9 120.429 C4 C3 H8 120.958
C4 C5 C6 118.202 C4 C5 H10 121.328
C5 C4 H9 120.553 C5 C6 H11 120.493
C6 C5 H10 120.470 H12 C7 H13 109.338
H12 C7 H14 109.338 H13 C7 H14 107.655
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.565      
2 C 0.226      
3 C -0.228      
4 C -0.172      
5 C -0.268      
6 C 0.056      
7 C -0.577      
8 H 0.210      
9 H 0.222      
10 H 0.215      
11 H 0.227      
12 H 0.194      
13 H 0.230      
14 H 0.230      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.756 -0.699 0.000 1.890
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.706 -1.827 0.000
y -1.827 -35.453 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.643
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.658 -1.827 0.000
y -1.827 7.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -6.564
Polar
3z2-r2-13.128
x2-y2-5.253
xy-1.827
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.782 -0.276 0.000
y -0.276 11.807 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.656


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 192.635
(<r2>)1/2 13.879