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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/daug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-172.088957
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-172.088957
Nuclear repulsion energy102.489774
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 B3LYPultrafine/daug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3125 3125 18.27 71.33 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3050 3050 12.19 39.68 0.18 0.31
3 A' 3047 3047 12.67 271.90 0.01 0.01
4 A' 2344 2344 10.49 96.94 0.15 0.26
5 A' 1478 1478 5.40 2.83 0.73 0.84
6 A' 1444 1444 5.17 8.59 0.68 0.81
7 A' 1394 1394 1.35 0.65 0.45 0.62
8 A' 1327 1327 3.76 3.14 0.40 0.57
9 A' 1083 1083 3.32 5.62 0.12 0.21
10 A' 1017 1017 0.45 4.44 0.42 0.59
11 A' 839 839 0.17 6.17 0.07 0.13
12 A' 542 542 0.84 1.52 0.13 0.23
13 A' 209 209 4.32 2.02 0.70 0.83
14 A" 3130 3130 17.35 25.67 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3087 3087 0.87 86.12 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1471 1471 7.32 5.38 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1271 1271 0.00 2.08 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1099 1099 0.42 0.13 0.75 0.86
19 A" 778 778 3.13 0.39 0.75 0.86
20 A" 382 382 0.37 1.25 0.75 0.86
21 A" 217 217 1.07 0.31 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16167.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16167.4 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 B3LYPultrafine/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.93204 0.15501 0.13988

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.519 0.571 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
C3 -0.772 -0.436 0.000
N4 -1.369 -1.431 0.000
H5 2.045 1.534 0.000
H6 1.827 0.007 0.889
H7 1.827 0.007 -0.889
H8 -0.299 1.394 0.883
H9 -0.299 1.394 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53842.50293.51491.09731.09651.09652.18242.1824
C21.53841.46772.62842.16862.18512.18511.09881.0988
C32.50291.46771.16083.43752.78192.78192.08602.0860
N43.51492.62841.16084.52243.61573.61573.14743.1474
H51.09732.16863.43754.52241.78031.78032.50862.5086
H61.09652.18512.78193.61571.78031.77762.53773.0952
H71.09652.18512.78193.61571.78031.77763.09522.5377
H82.18241.09882.08603.14742.50862.53773.09521.7664
H92.18241.09882.08603.14742.50863.09522.53771.7664

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 112.713 C1 C2 H8 110.584
C1 C2 H9 110.584 C2 C1 H5 109.594
C2 C1 H6 110.935 C2 C1 H7 110.935
C2 C3 N4 179.246 C3 C2 H8 107.877
C3 C2 H9 107.877 H5 C1 H6 108.497
H5 C1 H7 108.497 H6 C1 H7 108.311
H8 C2 H9 106.982
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.485      
2 C -0.223      
3 C 1.126      
4 N -0.634      
5 H -0.470      
6 H -0.287      
7 H -0.287      
8 H -0.355      
9 H -0.355      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.364 3.427 0.000 4.163
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.722 -3.901 0.000
y -3.901 -28.204 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.256
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.492 -3.901 0.000
y -3.901 -2.215 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.706
Polar
3z2-r27.413
x2-y20.482
xy-3.901
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.792 1.199 0.000
y 1.199 6.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.240


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 89.053
(<r2>)1/2 9.437