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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.796150
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.022006
Nuclear repulsion energy103.375028
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 CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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' 3157 2993 17.21      
2 A' 3105 2944 5.82      
3 A' 3093 2933 14.21      
4 A' 2380 2256 2.44      
5 A' 1539 1459 5.04      
6 A' 1512 1434 4.31      
7 A' 1448 1373 1.41      
8 A' 1386 1314 3.34      
9 A' 1119 1061 3.04      
10 A' 1050 995 0.69      
11 A' 858 814 0.36      
12 A' 553 524 0.59      
13 A' 216 205 4.25      
14 A" 3160 2996 16.22      
15 A" 3127 2965 0.25      
16 A" 1533 1454 6.68      
17 A" 1321 1252 0.00      
18 A" 1140 1081 0.44      
19 A" 802 760 2.46      
20 A" 403 382 0.40      
21 A" 240 228 1.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16570.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9481) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15710.2 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 CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.94174 0.15804 0.14242

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.504 0.563 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
C3 -0.764 -0.433 0.000
N4 -1.355 -1.420 0.000
H5 2.036 1.509 0.000
H6 1.799 -0.000 0.879
H7 1.799 -0.000 -0.879
H8 -0.294 1.386 0.874
H9 -0.294 1.386 -0.874

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52482.47693.47991.08511.08501.08502.16252.1625
C21.52481.46132.61262.15142.16152.16151.08591.0859
C32.47691.46131.15133.40702.74422.74422.07172.0717
N43.47992.61261.15134.48113.56973.56973.12503.1250
H51.08512.15143.40704.48111.76231.76232.49192.4919
H61.08502.16152.74423.56971.76231.75852.51093.0627
H71.08502.16152.74423.56971.76231.75853.06272.5109
H82.16251.08592.07173.12502.49192.51093.06271.7489
H92.16251.08592.07173.12502.49193.06272.51091.7489

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 112.070 C1 C2 H8 110.728
C1 C2 H9 110.728 C2 C1 H5 109.899
C2 C1 H6 110.710 C2 C1 H7 110.710
C2 C3 N4 179.392 C3 C2 H8 107.933
C3 C2 H9 107.933 H5 C1 H6 108.598
H5 C1 H7 108.598 H6 C1 H7 108.262
H8 C2 H9 107.265
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability