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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.438766
Energy at 298.15K-322.444126
HF Energy-322.438766
Nuclear repulsion energy301.570842
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 HF/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 3402 3057 5.68      
2 A1 3388 3045 18.47      
3 A1 3368 3026 0.08      
4 A1 2604 2340 48.59      
5 A1 1807 1624 1.39      
6 A1 1667 1498 17.10      
7 A1 1305 1172 0.41      
8 A1 1297 1165 1.26      
9 A1 1128 1014 2.28      
10 A1 1091 980 0.17      
11 A1 822 738 3.65      
12 A1 495 444 0.06      
13 A2 1109 996 0.00      
14 A2 960 863 0.00      
15 A2 449 404 0.00      
16 B1 1137 1021 0.01      
17 B1 1060 953 3.36      
18 B1 859 771 47.22      
19 B1 764 687 32.13      
20 B1 625 562 18.99      
21 B1 431 387 1.43      
22 B1 162 146 2.60      
23 B2 3398 3053 17.84      
24 B2 3380 3037 5.07      
25 B2 1780 1599 0.55      
26 B2 1612 1449 11.05      
27 B2 1474 1324 0.65      
28 B2 1339 1203 2.68      
29 B2 1223 1099 7.24      
30 B2 1184 1064 0.12      
31 B2 686 617 0.23      
32 B2 616 553 0.65      
33 B2 184 165 6.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23402.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21027.2 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.19151 0.05212 0.04097

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.181
C2 0.000 0.000 2.044
C3 0.000 0.000 0.599
C4 0.000 1.207 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.207 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.203 -1.474
C7 0.000 -1.203 -1.474
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.164
H9 0.000 2.133 0.453
H10 0.000 -2.133 0.453
H11 0.000 2.133 -2.011
H12 0.000 -2.133 -2.011
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.239

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.13642.58173.48753.48754.80784.80785.34493.46283.46285.61315.61316.4199
C21.13641.44522.45302.45303.71843.71844.20852.66132.66134.58244.58245.2835
C32.58171.44521.39051.39052.39692.39692.76322.13812.13813.37123.37123.8382
C43.48752.45301.39052.41411.38312.77842.39881.07413.38422.13173.85293.3714
C53.48752.45301.39052.41412.77841.38312.39883.38421.07413.85292.13173.3714
C64.80783.71842.39691.38312.77842.40531.38652.14003.85241.07453.37902.1357
C74.80783.71842.39692.77841.38312.40531.38653.85242.14003.37901.07452.1357
C85.34494.20852.76322.39882.39881.38651.38653.37633.37632.13892.13891.0750
H93.46282.66132.13811.07413.38422.14003.85243.37634.26622.46404.92694.2640
H103.46282.66132.13813.38421.07413.85242.14003.37634.26624.92692.46404.2640
H115.61314.58243.37122.13173.85291.07453.37902.13892.46404.92694.26692.4616
H125.61314.58243.37123.85292.13173.37901.07452.13894.92692.46404.26692.4616
H136.41995.28353.83823.37143.37142.13572.13571.07504.26404.26402.46162.4616

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 119.764
C2 C3 C5 119.764 C3 C4 C6 119.581
C3 C4 H9 119.799 C3 C5 C7 119.581
C3 C5 H10 119.799 C4 C3 C5 120.473
C4 C6 C8 120.024 C4 C6 H11 119.793
C5 C7 C8 120.024 C5 C7 H12 119.793
C6 C4 H9 120.621 C6 C8 C7 120.318
C6 C8 H13 119.841 C7 C5 H10 120.621
C7 C8 H13 119.841 C8 C6 H11 120.183
C8 C7 H12 120.183
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.452      
2 C 0.268      
3 C -0.008      
4 C -0.172      
5 C -0.172      
6 C -0.208      
7 C -0.208      
8 C -0.182      
9 H 0.239      
10 H 0.239      
11 H 0.219      
12 H 0.219      
13 H 0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -4.853 4.853
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.019 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.953 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.568
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.258 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.582
Polar
3z2-r2-25.164
x2-y2-10.066
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.891 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.087


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 254.459
(<r2>)1/2 15.952