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All results from a given calculation for C2H5CN (ethyl cyanide)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.704015
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.016537
Nuclear repulsion energy102.888638
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 MP2/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3184 3004 11.69 62.01 0.70 0.82
2 A' 3097 2921 5.79 77.41 0.08 0.15
3 A' 3088 2914 11.60 188.70 0.00 0.01
4 A' 2202 2077 0.12 61.10 0.17 0.28
5 A' 1526 1439 5.30 2.66 0.73 0.85
6 A' 1491 1407 5.55 7.13 0.72 0.84
7 A' 1426 1345 1.56 0.81 0.26 0.41
8 A' 1356 1279 3.12 2.25 0.40 0.57
9 A' 1103 1041 3.30 6.09 0.10 0.19
10 A' 1037 978 0.49 3.93 0.45 0.62
11 A' 852 804 0.06 6.27 0.06 0.11
12 A' 537 507 0.54 1.15 0.16 0.28
13 A' 205 194 4.08 1.85 0.72 0.83
14 A" 3187 3007 10.07 21.08 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3146 2968 0.17 74.71 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1518 1432 7.75 4.97 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1300 1226 0.00 1.94 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1120 1057 0.48 0.09 0.75 0.86
19 A" 791 747 2.61 0.32 0.75 0.86
20 A" 379 358 0.28 1.12 0.75 0.86
21 A" 228 215 1.07 0.40 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16386.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9434) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15459.2 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 MP2/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.92264 0.15758 0.14164

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.556 0.000
C2 0.000 0.822 0.000
C3 -0.766 -0.422 0.000
N4 -1.357 -1.431 0.000
H5 2.048 1.499 0.000
H6 1.797 -0.011 0.882
H7 1.797 -0.011 -0.882
H8 -0.290 1.400 0.877
H9 -0.290 1.400 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52942.47393.48511.08781.08761.08762.16992.1699
C21.52941.46072.63002.15722.16762.16761.09011.0901
C32.47391.46071.16943.40752.74142.74142.07742.0774
N43.48512.63001.16944.49233.56933.56933.15013.1501
H51.08782.15723.40754.49231.76641.76642.49942.4994
H61.08762.16762.74143.56931.76641.76312.51903.0723
H71.08762.16762.74143.56931.76641.76313.07232.5190
H82.16991.09012.07743.15012.49942.51903.07231.7547
H92.16991.09012.07743.15012.49943.07232.51901.7547

picture of ethyl cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.637 C1 C2 H8 110.748
C1 C2 H9 110.748 C2 C1 H5 109.877
C2 C1 H6 110.711 C2 C1 H7 110.711
C2 C3 N4 178.692 C3 C2 H8 108.179
C3 C2 H9 108.179 H5 C1 H6 108.587
H5 C1 H7 108.587 H6 C1 H7 108.304
H8 C2 H9 107.188
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability