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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.267329
Energy at 298.15K-323.272448
Nuclear repulsion energy301.213249
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 CID/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 3354 3098 4.71      
2 A1 3340 3086 10.26      
3 A1 3322 3069 0.01      
4 A1 2509 2317 25.75      
5 A1 1774 1638 0.49      
6 A1 1627 1503 15.33      
7 A1 1288 1190 0.11      
8 A1 1275 1177 1.23      
9 A1 1111 1027 2.72      
10 A1 1070 988 0.52      
11 A1 809 747 2.54      
12 A1 485 448 0.02      
13 A2 1022 944 0.00      
14 A2 911 841 0.00      
15 A2 426 393 0.00      
16 B1 1024 946 0.12      
17 B1 981 906 2.40      
18 B1 805 743 67.71      
19 B1 691 638 14.13      
20 B1 585 540 15.00      
21 B1 406 375 1.34      
22 B1 154 143 2.32      
23 B2 3349 3093 10.51      
24 B2 3333 3079 3.12      
25 B2 1747 1614 1.06      
26 B2 1574 1454 10.33      
27 B2 1431 1322 0.44      
28 B2 1350 1247 3.76      
29 B2 1242 1147 1.64      
30 B2 1170 1081 2.25      
31 B2 669 618 0.20      
32 B2 591 546 0.42      
33 B2 175 162 5.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22798.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21059.4 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.19118 0.05205 0.04091

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.188
C2 0.000 0.000 2.038
C3 0.000 0.000 0.598
C4 0.000 1.208 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.208 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.203 -1.474
C7 0.000 -1.203 -1.474
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.165
H9 0.000 2.137 0.456
H10 0.000 -2.137 0.456
H11 0.000 2.137 -2.013
H12 0.000 -2.137 -2.013
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.244

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.14962.58923.49413.49414.81474.81475.35283.46813.46815.62295.62296.4318
C21.14961.43972.44802.44803.71273.71274.20322.65902.65904.58054.58055.2822
C32.58921.43971.39121.39122.39652.39652.76352.14222.14223.37463.37463.8425
C43.49412.44801.39122.41691.38362.77992.40061.07833.39042.13503.85853.3769
C53.49412.44801.39122.41692.77991.38362.40063.39041.07833.85852.13503.3769
C64.81473.71272.39651.38362.77992.40541.38692.14533.85811.07863.38292.1397
C74.81473.71272.39652.77991.38362.40541.38693.85812.14533.38291.07862.1397
C85.35284.20322.76352.40062.40061.38691.38693.38253.38252.14242.14241.0790
H93.46812.65902.14221.07833.39042.14533.85813.38254.27492.46994.93674.2735
H103.46812.65902.14223.39041.07833.85812.14533.38254.27494.93672.46994.2735
H115.62294.58053.37462.13503.85851.07863.38292.14242.46994.93674.27392.4660
H125.62294.58053.37463.85852.13503.38291.07862.14244.93672.46994.27392.4660
H136.43185.28223.84253.37693.37692.13972.13971.07904.27354.27352.46602.4660

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 119.699
C2 C3 C5 119.699 C3 C4 C6 119.461
C3 C4 H9 119.796 C3 C5 C7 119.461
C3 C5 H10 119.796 C4 C3 C5 120.602
C4 C6 C8 120.106 C4 C6 H11 119.742
C5 C7 C8 120.106 C5 C7 H12 119.742
C6 C4 H9 120.743 C6 C8 C7 120.263
C6 C8 H13 119.869 C7 C5 H10 120.743
C7 C8 H13 119.869 C8 C6 H11 120.152
C8 C7 H12 120.152
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability