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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CN (Butanenitrile)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-211.095336
Energy at 298.15K-211.102493
HF Energy-211.095336
Nuclear repulsion energy152.987901
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3069 3019 23.29      
2 A' 3000 2951 23.46      
3 A' 2984 2935 18.36      
4 A' 2977 2928 3.12      
5 A' 2283 2245 9.36      
6 A' 1489 1464 6.36      
7 A' 1473 1449 1.58      
8 A' 1446 1422 3.09      
9 A' 1393 1370 2.37      
10 A' 1352 1330 3.28      
11 A' 1272 1251 1.82      
12 A' 1090 1072 4.33      
13 A' 1040 1023 0.32      
14 A' 953 937 1.11      
15 A' 866 851 2.44      
16 A' 520 511 0.99      
17 A' 339 333 0.03      
18 A' 161 158 5.34      
19 A" 3061 3011 44.71      
20 A" 3038 2987 0.89      
21 A" 3013 2963 1.02      
22 A" 1481 1457 8.93      
23 A" 1299 1278 0.01      
24 A" 1232 1212 0.04      
25 A" 1102 1084 0.47      
26 A" 856 842 0.21      
27 A" 730 718 5.15      
28 A" 382 376 0.21      
29 A" 242 238 0.02      
30 A" 98 97 3.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22120.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21755.5 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.78886 0.07437 0.07068

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 -2.627 0.386 0.000
C2 -1.459 0.508 0.000
C3 0.000 0.634 0.000
C4 0.723 -0.733 0.000
C5 2.246 -0.568 0.000
H6 0.302 1.224 0.886
H7 0.302 1.224 -0.886
H8 0.400 -1.309 0.885
H9 0.400 -1.309 -0.885
H10 2.747 -1.550 0.000
H11 2.591 -0.015 0.892
H12 2.591 -0.015 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
N11.17362.63843.53164.96483.17273.17273.57943.57945.71175.30815.3081
C21.17361.46492.51043.85812.09792.09792.74552.74554.68274.17984.1798
C32.63841.46491.54602.54681.10651.10652.17162.17163.50912.81552.8155
C43.53162.51041.54601.53152.18852.18851.10431.10432.18272.19042.1904
C54.96483.85812.54681.53152.78772.78772.17732.17731.10261.10441.1044
H63.17272.09791.10652.18852.78771.77212.53413.09173.80182.60203.1514
H73.17272.09791.10652.18852.78771.77213.09172.53413.80183.15142.6020
H83.57942.74552.17161.10432.17732.53413.09171.76992.52042.54453.1034
H93.57942.74552.17161.10432.17733.09172.53411.76992.52043.10342.5445
H105.71174.68273.50912.18271.10263.80183.80182.52042.52041.78191.7819
H115.30814.17982.81552.19041.10442.60203.15142.54453.10341.78191.7836
H125.30814.17982.81552.19041.10443.15142.60203.10342.54451.78191.7836

picture of Butanenitrile state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 178.971 C2 C3 C4 112.948
C2 C3 H6 108.539 C2 C3 H7 108.539
C3 C4 C5 111.699 C3 C4 H8 108.901
C3 C4 H9 108.901 C4 C3 H6 110.089
C4 C3 H7 110.089 C4 C5 H10 110.861
C4 C5 H11 111.369 C4 C5 H12 111.369
C5 C4 H8 110.333 C5 C4 H9 110.333
H6 C3 H7 106.407 H8 C4 H9 106.520
H10 C5 H11 107.684 H10 C5 H12 107.684
H11 C5 H12 107.699
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.468      
2 C 0.361      
3 C -0.379      
4 C -0.290      
5 C -0.487      
6 H 0.204      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.177      
9 H 0.177      
10 H 0.173      
11 H 0.164      
12 H 0.164      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  4.013 0.038 0.000 4.013
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.825 0.956 0.000
y 0.956 -29.707 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.992
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.975 0.956 0.000
y 0.956 6.201 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.774
Polar
3z2-r211.547
x2-y2-12.118
xy0.956
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.277 -0.296 0.000
y -0.296 5.779 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.428


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.782
(<r2>)1/2 12.680