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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.352737
Energy at 298.15K-324.357617
Nuclear repulsion energy300.152660
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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 3244 3080 2.73      
2 A1 3232 3068 12.25      
3 A1 3213 3050 0.07      
4 A1 2374 2253 26.35      
5 A1 1678 1593 0.96      
6 A1 1542 1463 8.68      
7 A1 1235 1172 0.48      
8 A1 1210 1148 1.07      
9 A1 1061 1007 2.54      
10 A1 1016 964 0.78      
11 A1 773 734 2.07      
12 A1 460 436 0.00      
13 A2 981 932 0.00      
14 A2 862 818 0.00      
15 A2 406 385 0.00      
16 B1 1012 960 0.04      
17 B1 943 895 2.57      
18 B1 776 737 37.24      
19 B1 703 667 26.34      
20 B1 571 542 15.60      
21 B1 389 369 0.98      
22 B1 147 139 2.01      
23 B2 3242 3077 9.58      
24 B2 3224 3061 4.84      
25 B2 1655 1571 0.81      
26 B2 1495 1419 7.18      
27 B2 1380 1310 2.09      
28 B2 1347 1278 0.05      
29 B2 1195 1134 0.10      
30 B2 1116 1060 3.30      
31 B2 629 597 0.14      
32 B2 558 530 0.13      
33 B2 158 150 4.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21911.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20800.1 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.18979 0.05177 0.04067

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.198
C2 0.000 0.000 2.037
C3 0.000 0.000 0.606
C4 0.000 1.213 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.213 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.206 -1.479
C7 0.000 -1.206 -1.479
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.172
H9 0.000 2.147 0.460
H10 0.000 -2.147 0.460
H11 0.000 2.146 -2.020
H12 0.000 -2.146 -2.020
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.257

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16132.59243.50563.50564.82974.82975.37033.47993.47995.64255.64256.4554
C21.16131.43112.44932.44933.71663.71664.20902.66422.66424.58984.58985.2942
C32.59241.43111.39891.39892.40822.40822.77792.15202.15203.39153.39153.8630
C43.50562.44931.39892.42631.38772.78922.40901.08403.40502.14323.87403.3909
C53.50562.44931.39892.42632.78921.38772.40903.40501.08403.87402.14323.3909
C64.82973.71662.40821.38772.78922.41271.39152.15433.87321.08483.39612.1493
C74.82973.71662.40822.78921.38772.41271.39153.87322.15433.39611.08482.1493
C85.37034.20902.77792.40902.40901.39151.39153.39643.39642.15162.15161.0852
H93.47992.66422.15201.08403.40502.15433.87323.39644.29412.47974.95804.2924
H103.47992.66422.15203.40501.08403.87322.15433.39644.29414.95802.47974.2924
H115.64254.58983.39152.14323.87401.08483.39612.15162.47974.95804.29262.4773
H125.64254.58983.39153.87402.14323.39611.08482.15164.95802.47974.29262.4773
H136.45545.29423.86303.39093.39092.14932.14931.08524.29244.29242.47732.4773

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 119.865
C2 C3 C5 119.865 C3 C4 C6 119.586
C3 C4 H9 119.623 C3 C5 C7 119.586
C3 C5 H10 119.623 C4 C3 C5 120.270
C4 C6 C8 120.176 C4 C6 H11 119.675
C5 C7 C8 120.176 C5 C7 H12 119.675
C6 C4 H9 120.791 C6 C8 C7 120.206
C6 C8 H13 119.897 C7 C5 H10 120.791
C7 C8 H13 119.897 C8 C6 H11 120.149
C8 C7 H12 120.149
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.462      
2 C 0.246      
3 C 0.063      
4 C -0.135      
5 C -0.135      
6 C -0.162      
7 C -0.162      
8 C -0.137      
9 H 0.185      
10 H 0.185      
11 H 0.172      
12 H 0.172      
13 H 0.170      


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 -4.537 4.537
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.713 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.410 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.586
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.215 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.739 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.524
Polar
3z2-r2-23.049
x2-y2-9.303
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.955 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.321


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000