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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.142940
Energy at 298.15K-211.150132
HF Energy-211.142940
Nuclear repulsion energy153.399145
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 PBEPBE/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' 3048 3016 29.94      
2 A' 2987 2956 28.13      
3 A' 2969 2938 22.68      
4 A' 2967 2936 2.60      
5 A' 2275 2251 9.78      
6 A' 1476 1461 10.10      
7 A' 1460 1445 2.30      
8 A' 1433 1418 4.16      
9 A' 1382 1368 4.47      
10 A' 1343 1329 2.70      
11 A' 1267 1254 0.76      
12 A' 1086 1075 4.13      
13 A' 1035 1024 0.40      
14 A' 951 941 1.43      
15 A' 864 855 2.38      
16 A' 524 519 1.00      
17 A' 342 339 0.01      
18 A' 163 161 5.37      
19 A" 3042 3011 56.53      
20 A" 3019 2988 0.17      
21 A" 2997 2966 1.13      
22 A" 1473 1457 11.30      
23 A" 1301 1287 0.00      
24 A" 1231 1218 0.07      
25 A" 1099 1088 0.34      
26 A" 853 844 0.23      
27 A" 726 718 4.73      
28 A" 383 379 0.09      
29 A" 248 245 0.02      
30 A" 98 97 3.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22021.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21791.9 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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.79482 0.07469 0.07100

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.616 0.403 0.000
C2 -1.455 0.514 0.000
C3 0.000 0.630 0.000
C4 0.718 -0.736 0.000
C5 2.239 -0.578 0.000
H6 0.303 1.220 0.883
H7 0.303 1.220 -0.883
H8 0.392 -1.311 0.882
H9 0.392 -1.311 -0.882
H10 2.737 -1.559 0.000
H11 2.589 -0.030 0.889
H12 2.589 -0.030 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.16582.62563.52244.95243.15713.15713.57273.57275.70065.29765.2976
C21.16581.45992.50693.85202.09042.09042.74312.74314.67674.17634.1763
C32.62561.45991.54322.54401.10421.10422.16842.16843.50482.81572.8157
C43.52242.50691.54321.52912.18562.18561.10221.10222.18052.18892.1889
C54.95243.85202.54401.52912.78552.78552.17342.17341.10021.10211.1021
H63.15712.09041.10422.18562.78551.76622.53283.08723.79812.60493.1506
H73.15712.09041.10422.18562.78551.76623.08722.53283.79813.15062.6049
H83.57272.74312.16841.10222.17342.53283.08721.76392.51702.54323.0992
H93.57272.74312.16841.10222.17343.08722.53281.76392.51703.09922.5432
H105.70064.67673.50482.18051.10023.79813.79812.51702.51701.77571.7757
H115.29764.17632.81572.18891.10212.60493.15062.54323.09921.77571.7784
H125.29764.17632.81572.18891.10213.15062.60493.09922.54321.77571.7784

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 179.062 C2 C3 C4 113.153
C2 C3 H6 108.425 C2 C3 H7 108.425
C3 C4 C5 111.792 C3 C4 H8 108.965
C3 C4 H9 108.965 C4 C3 H6 110.184
C4 C3 H7 110.184 C4 C5 H10 110.999
C4 C5 H11 111.561 C4 C5 H12 111.561
C5 C4 H8 110.326 C5 C4 H9 110.326
H6 C3 H7 106.209 H8 C4 H9 106.300
H10 C5 H11 107.468 H10 C5 H12 107.468
H11 C5 H12 107.574
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.233      
2 C 0.132      
3 C -0.482      
4 C -0.430      
5 C -0.644      
6 H 0.258      
7 H 0.258      
8 H 0.235      
9 H 0.235      
10 H 0.231      
11 H 0.220      
12 H 0.220      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.032 0.007 0.000 4.032
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.669 1.020 0.000
y 1.020 -30.363 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.536
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.220 1.020 0.000
y 1.020 6.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.980
Polar
3z2-r211.959
x2-y2-12.307
xy1.020
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.745 -0.334 0.000
y -0.334 6.289 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.806


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.612
(<r2>)1/2 12.673