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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.037370
Energy at 298.15K-323.041913
Nuclear repulsion energy295.404870
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 MP2/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3217 3078 12.80      
2 A1 3196 3058 8.50      
3 A1 3182 3045 0.52      
4 A1 2100 2009 0.81      
5 A1 1636 1565 0.38      
6 A1 1534 1468 10.79      
7 A1 1244 1190 0.07      
8 A1 1217 1165 0.47      
9 A1 1060 1014 3.50      
10 A1 1024 980 0.01      
11 A1 771 738 1.04      
12 A1 469 449 0.01      
13 A2 866 829 0.00      
14 A2 797 763 0.00      
15 A2 391 374 0.00      
16 B1 871 833 0.26      
17 B1 841 805 0.05      
18 B1 710 680 96.39      
19 B1 532 509 2.23      
20 B1 484 463 6.73      
21 B1 336 321 1.16      
22 B1 133 127 1.83      
23 B2 3206 3067 23.26      
24 B2 3187 3050 0.04      
25 B2 1607 1538 3.72      
26 B2 1491 1427 5.60      
27 B2 1391 1331 0.29      
28 B2 1363 1305 0.44      
29 B2 1233 1180 0.00      
30 B2 1115 1067 2.86      
31 B2 648 620 0.08      
32 B2 545 522 0.01      
33 B2 162 155 3.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21279.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20359.7 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 MP2/6-31G
ABC
0.18499 0.04993 0.03932

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.267
C2 0.000 0.000 2.063
C3 0.000 0.000 0.614
C4 0.000 1.229 -0.094
C5 0.000 -1.229 -0.094
C6 0.000 1.223 -1.504
C7 0.000 -1.223 -1.504
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.211
H9 0.000 2.172 0.456
H10 0.000 -2.172 0.456
H11 0.000 2.168 -2.047
H12 0.000 -2.168 -2.047
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.302

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.20352.65293.57863.57864.92454.92455.47773.55223.55225.73905.73906.5682
C21.20351.44942.48312.48313.77063.77064.27432.70202.70204.64704.64705.3648
C32.65291.44941.41861.41862.44512.44512.82492.17762.17763.43243.43243.9154
C43.57862.48311.41862.45861.40952.82822.44791.09133.44532.16683.91873.4349
C53.57862.48311.41862.45862.82821.40952.44793.44531.09133.91872.16683.4349
C64.92453.77062.44511.40952.82822.44531.41252.17723.91941.09053.43412.1742
C74.92453.77062.44512.82821.40952.44531.41253.91942.17723.43411.09052.1742
C85.47774.27432.82492.44792.44791.41251.41253.43933.43932.17442.17441.0905
H93.55222.70202.17761.09133.44532.17723.91943.43934.34372.50285.01004.3399
H103.55222.70202.17763.44531.09133.91942.17723.43934.34375.01002.50284.3399
H115.73904.64703.43242.16683.91871.09053.43412.17442.50285.01004.33642.5050
H125.73904.64703.43243.91872.16683.43411.09052.17445.01002.50284.33642.5050
H136.56825.36483.91543.43493.43492.17422.17421.09054.33994.33992.50502.5050

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 119.940
C2 C3 C5 119.940 C3 C4 C6 119.669
C3 C4 H9 119.797 C3 C5 C7 119.669
C3 C5 H10 119.797 C4 C3 C5 120.120
C4 C6 C8 120.323 C4 C6 H11 119.612
C5 C7 C8 120.323 C5 C7 H12 119.612
C6 C4 H9 120.534 C6 C8 C7 119.894
C6 C8 H13 120.053 C7 C5 H10 120.534
C7 C8 H13 120.053 C8 C6 H11 120.064
C8 C7 H12 120.064
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability