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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.146535
Energy at 298.15K-324.151387
HF Energy-323.798161
Nuclear repulsion energy299.054259
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 B2PLYP/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 3249 3084 4.82      
2 A1 3237 3073 11.23      
3 A1 3220 3057 0.03      
4 A1 2286 2170 11.07      
5 A1 1669 1584 0.48      
6 A1 1549 1470 9.61      
7 A1 1233 1170 0.16      
8 A1 1222 1160 1.20      
9 A1 1062 1008 2.47      
10 A1 1023 971 0.42      
11 A1 777 737 1.82      
12 A1 466 442 0.00      
13 A2 956 908 0.00      
14 A2 856 813 0.00      
15 A2 406 386 0.00      
16 B1 972 923 0.00      
17 B1 924 877 2.04      
18 B1 761 723 53.85      
19 B1 675 641 12.22      
20 B1 557 529 12.76      
21 B1 385 366 1.20      
22 B1 145 138 2.08      
23 B2 3245 3080 12.06      
24 B2 3230 3066 3.53      
25 B2 1644 1561 1.28      
26 B2 1500 1424 7.32      
27 B2 1385 1314 1.66      
28 B2 1357 1288 0.27      
29 B2 1209 1147 0.06      
30 B2 1120 1063 2.80      
31 B2 640 607 0.10      
32 B2 554 526 0.11      
33 B2 164 155 4.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21839.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20730.1 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.18859 0.05134 0.04035

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.214
C2 0.000 0.000 2.043
C3 0.000 0.000 0.607
C4 0.000 1.217 -0.092
C5 0.000 -1.217 -0.092
C6 0.000 1.211 -1.484
C7 0.000 -1.211 -1.484
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.181
H9 0.000 2.152 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.152 0.459
H11 0.000 2.151 -2.026
H12 0.000 -2.151 -2.026
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.266

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.17052.60633.52223.52224.85154.85155.39453.49563.49565.66375.66376.4796
C21.17051.43582.45742.45743.72953.72954.22412.67212.67214.60244.60245.3092
C32.60631.43581.40361.40362.41682.41682.78822.15672.15673.39983.39983.8733
C43.52222.45741.40362.43451.39282.79902.41811.08433.41352.14773.88383.3998
C53.52222.45741.40362.43452.79901.39282.41813.41351.08433.88382.14773.3998
C64.85153.72952.41681.39282.79902.42131.39672.15893.88331.08473.40452.1540
C74.85153.72952.41682.79901.39282.42131.39673.88332.15893.40451.08472.1540
C85.39454.22412.78822.41812.41811.39671.39673.40543.40542.15612.15611.0851
H93.49562.67212.15671.08433.41352.15893.88333.40544.30322.48454.96804.3014
H103.49562.67212.15673.41351.08433.88332.15893.40544.30324.96802.48454.3014
H115.66374.60243.39982.14773.88381.08473.40452.15612.48454.96804.30112.4825
H125.66374.60243.39983.88382.14773.40451.08472.15614.96802.48454.30112.4825
H136.47965.30923.87333.39983.39982.15402.15401.08514.30144.30142.48252.4825

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 119.862
C2 C3 C5 119.862 C3 C4 C6 119.590
C3 C4 H9 119.647 C3 C5 C7 119.590
C3 C5 H10 119.647 C4 C3 C5 120.276
C4 C6 C8 120.186 C4 C6 H11 119.674
C5 C7 C8 120.186 C5 C7 H12 119.674
C6 C4 H9 120.763 C6 C8 C7 120.172
C6 C8 H13 119.914 C7 C5 H10 120.763
C7 C8 H13 119.914 C8 C6 H11 120.140
C8 C7 H12 120.140
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.478      
2 C 0.257      
3 C 0.071      
4 C -0.149      
5 C -0.149      
6 C -0.165      
7 C -0.165      
8 C -0.145      
9 H 0.195      
10 H 0.195      
11 H 0.178      
12 H 0.178      
13 H 0.177      


Electric dipole moments


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 3.914 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.119


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 257.591
(<r2>)1/2 16.050