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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CN (phenyl cyanide)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.379026
Energy at 298.15K-324.383940
Nuclear repulsion energy299.371891
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3231 3102 2.61      
2 A1 3219 3090 9.20      
3 A1 3201 3073 0.05      
4 A1 2347 2254 36.87      
5 A1 1661 1595 0.81      
6 A1 1529 1468 8.61      
7 A1 1226 1177 0.66      
8 A1 1203 1155 1.15      
9 A1 1054 1012 4.47      
10 A1 1014 974 0.49      
11 A1 773 742 2.06      
12 A1 463 445 0.00      
13 A2 989 950 0.00      
14 A2 858 824 0.00      
15 A2 406 389 0.00      
16 B1 1012 971 0.02      
17 B1 942 904 2.95      
18 B1 771 740 52.03      
19 B1 699 671 34.15      
20 B1 567 544 17.90      
21 B1 388 373 0.35      
22 B1 146 140 1.66      
23 B2 3228 3099 7.10      
24 B2 3211 3083 4.00      
25 B2 1636 1570 0.81      
26 B2 1481 1422 6.89      
27 B2 1374 1319 2.30      
28 B2 1338 1284 0.20      
29 B2 1188 1141 0.16      
30 B2 1109 1065 5.04      
31 B2 634 608 0.14      
32 B2 558 536 0.15      
33 B2 164 157 4.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21808.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20937.9 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18869 0.05151 0.04046

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.205
C2 0.000 0.000 2.042
C3 0.000 0.000 0.608
C4 0.000 1.217 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.217 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.210 -1.482
C7 0.000 -1.210 -1.482
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.178
H9 0.000 2.152 0.460
H10 0.000 -2.152 0.460
H11 0.000 2.151 -2.024
H12 0.000 -2.151 -2.024
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16362.59703.51333.51334.84144.84145.38383.48883.48885.65495.65496.4702
C21.16361.43342.45502.45503.72603.72604.22022.67132.67134.60014.60015.3066
C32.59701.43341.40321.40322.41562.41562.78682.15752.15753.39983.39983.8732
C43.51332.45501.40322.43371.39192.79772.41671.08533.41392.14783.88373.3996
C53.51332.45501.40322.43372.79771.39192.41673.41391.08533.88372.14783.3996
C64.84143.72602.41561.39192.79772.42001.39592.15863.88301.08603.40452.1544
C74.84143.72602.41562.79771.39192.42001.39593.88302.15863.40451.08602.1544
C85.38384.22022.78682.41672.41671.39591.39593.40483.40482.15662.15661.0864
H93.48882.67132.15751.08533.41392.15863.88303.40484.30482.48414.96904.3017
H103.48882.67132.15753.41391.08533.88302.15863.40484.30484.96902.48414.3017
H115.65494.60013.39982.14783.88371.08603.40452.15662.48414.96904.30212.4831
H125.65494.60013.39983.88372.14783.40451.08602.15664.96902.48414.30212.4831
H136.47025.30663.87323.39963.39962.15442.15441.08644.30174.30172.48312.4831

picture of phenyl cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C3 C4 119.868
C2 C3 C5 119.868 C3 C4 C6 119.585
C3 C4 H9 119.673 C3 C5 C7 119.585
C3 C5 H10 119.673 C4 C3 C5 120.264
C4 C6 C8 120.195 C4 C6 H11 119.660
C5 C7 C8 120.195 C5 C7 H12 119.660
C6 C4 H9 120.742 C6 C8 C7 120.177
C6 C8 H13 119.912 C7 C5 H10 120.742
C7 C8 H13 119.912 C8 C6 H11 120.145
C8 C7 H12 120.145
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.461      
2 C -0.719      
3 C 0.911      
4 C -0.209      
5 C -0.209      
6 C -0.006      
7 C -0.006      
8 C -0.141      
9 H 0.175      
10 H 0.175      
11 H 0.164      
12 H 0.164      
13 H 0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -4.747 4.747
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.128 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.125 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.366
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.383 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.622 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.240
Polar
3z2-r2-24.479
x2-y2-10.003
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.602 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.198 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.959


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000