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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.489249
Energy at 298.15K-323.494012
Nuclear repulsion energy299.321522
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 MP3/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3267 3067 4.85      
2 A1 3255 3055 8.63      
3 A1 3239 3040 0.02      
4 A1 2441 2291 13.59      
5 A1 1711 1606 0.02      
6 A1 1575 1478 13.39      
7 A1 1253 1176 0.21      
8 A1 1239 1163 0.70      
9 A1 1078 1012 3.10      
10 A1 1037 973 0.57      
11 A1 787 738 1.98      
12 A1 472 443 0.01      
13 A2 926 869 0.00      
14 A2 850 798 0.00      
15 A2 399 374 0.00      
16 B1 925 868 0.34      
17 B1 896 841 1.03      
18 B1 746 700 79.07      
19 B1 581 546 5.61      
20 B1 529 496 9.41      
21 B1 377 354 1.31      
22 B1 145 136 2.10      
23 B2 3263 3063 9.88      
24 B2 3248 3049 2.61      
25 B2 1684 1580 2.10      
26 B2 1524 1430 8.38      
27 B2 1384 1299 0.27      
28 B2 1319 1238 3.05      
29 B2 1214 1140 0.68      
30 B2 1136 1066 2.73      
31 B2 648 608 0.16      
32 B2 559 525 0.20      
33 B2 165 155 4.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21935.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20588.5 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.18865 0.05146 0.04043

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.207
C2 0.000 0.000 2.046
C3 0.000 0.000 0.602
C4 0.000 1.217 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.217 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.210 -1.483
C7 0.000 -1.210 -1.483
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.179
H9 0.000 2.152 0.461
H10 0.000 -2.152 0.461
H11 0.000 2.151 -2.025
H12 0.000 -2.151 -2.025
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16072.60503.51503.51504.84354.84355.38573.48853.48855.65725.65726.4718
C21.16071.44432.45922.45923.73093.73094.22502.67272.67274.60484.60485.3111
C32.60501.44431.40041.40042.41072.41072.78072.15662.15663.39543.39543.8668
C43.51502.45921.40042.43441.39252.79832.41711.08553.41412.14833.88413.3997
C53.51502.45921.40042.43442.79831.39252.41713.41411.08553.88412.14833.3997
C64.84353.73092.41071.39252.79832.42011.39582.16043.88371.08583.40412.1539
C74.84353.73092.41072.79831.39252.42011.39583.88372.16043.40411.08582.1539
C85.38574.22502.78072.41712.41711.39581.39583.40603.40602.15602.15601.0861
H93.48852.67272.15661.08553.41412.16043.88373.40604.30392.48684.96954.3029
H103.48852.67272.15663.41411.08553.88372.16043.40604.30394.96952.48684.3029
H115.65724.60483.39542.14833.88411.08583.40412.15602.48684.96954.30112.4821
H125.65724.60483.39543.88412.14833.40411.08582.15604.96952.48684.30112.4821
H136.47185.31113.86683.39973.39972.15392.15391.08614.30294.30292.48212.4821

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 119.635
C2 C3 C5 119.635 C3 C4 C6 119.340
C3 C4 H9 119.810 C3 C5 C7 119.340
C3 C5 H10 119.810 C4 C3 C5 120.729
C4 C6 C8 120.192 C4 C6 H11 119.683
C5 C7 C8 120.192 C5 C7 H12 119.683
C6 C4 H9 120.850 C6 C8 C7 120.205
C6 C8 H13 119.897 C7 C5 H10 120.850
C7 C8 H13 119.897 C8 C6 H11 120.125
C8 C7 H12 120.125
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability