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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-172.099026
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-172.099026
Nuclear repulsion energy102.396127
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 TPSSh/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' 3123 3123 23.26 73.47 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3045 3045 14.02 52.08 0.15 0.26
3 A' 3042 3042 16.20 265.73 0.01 0.01
4 A' 2319 2319 9.47 96.08 0.15 0.26
5 A' 1496 1496 4.01 3.19 0.73 0.85
6 A' 1458 1458 4.56 8.70 0.68 0.81
7 A' 1402 1402 0.84 0.64 0.47 0.64
8 A' 1326 1326 3.74 3.31 0.41 0.58
9 A' 1083 1083 2.95 5.97 0.12 0.21
10 A' 1017 1017 0.34 4.41 0.43 0.60
11 A' 838 838 0.16 6.50 0.07 0.12
12 A' 536 536 0.85 1.50 0.13 0.23
13 A' 205 205 3.94 2.01 0.71 0.83
14 A" 3129 3129 22.95 25.58 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3084 3084 1.46 88.78 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1489 1489 6.10 5.60 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1275 1275 0.03 2.22 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1100 1100 0.51 0.14 0.75 0.86
19 A" 774 774 2.39 0.38 0.75 0.86
20 A" 379 379 0.19 1.19 0.75 0.86
21 A" 219 219 1.00 0.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16169.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16169.0 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 TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.92851 0.15493 0.13976

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.520 0.570 0.000
C2 0.000 0.815 0.000
C3 -0.771 -0.434 0.000
N4 -1.369 -1.434 0.000
H5 2.044 1.534 0.000
H6 1.823 0.006 0.890
H7 1.823 0.006 -0.890
H8 -0.298 1.395 0.885
H9 -0.298 1.395 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53912.50133.51611.09771.09681.09682.18342.1834
C21.53911.46802.63302.16732.18422.18421.09911.0991
C32.50131.46801.16503.43552.77792.77792.08612.0861
N43.51612.63301.16504.52383.61363.61363.15153.1515
H51.09772.16733.43554.52381.78251.78252.50822.5082
H61.09682.18422.77793.61361.78251.77992.53593.0952
H71.09682.18422.77793.61361.78251.77993.09522.5359
H82.18341.09912.08613.15152.50822.53593.09521.7695
H92.18341.09912.08613.15152.50823.09522.53591.7695

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 112.540 C1 C2 H8 110.601
C1 C2 H9 110.601 C2 C1 H5 109.424
C2 C1 H6 110.807 C2 C1 H7 110.807
C2 C3 N4 179.221 C3 C2 H8 107.841
C3 C2 H9 107.841 H5 C1 H6 108.637
H5 C1 H7 108.637 H6 C1 H7 108.470
H8 C2 H9 107.210
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.913      
2 C -0.463      
3 C 0.818      
4 N -0.557      
5 H -0.265      
6 H -0.077      
7 H -0.077      
8 H -0.145      
9 H -0.145      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.350 3.395 0.000 4.129
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.815 1.229 0.000
y 1.229 7.012 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.228


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.932
(<r2>)1/2 9.430